Fall 2014

Campus Life

October 05, 2014

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80s

Tia Powell Harris ’81, M.A. ’82

Tia Powell Harris ’81, M.A. ’82 in March became executive director of the new Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn’s largest African-American cultural institution. She previously served as manager of community partnerships at the John F. Kennedy Center…

Passings

Robert L. Montgomery Ph.D. ’75

Robert L. Montgomery Ph.D. ’75 died Sept. 7, at the age of 76, according to the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star. He was born on Nov. 24, 1937, in Rome, Ga., to the late Essie and Willie Montgomery Sr. After graduating from Clark Atlanta University, he…

Passings

Donald J. Addor ’51

Donald J. Addor ’51 died of heart failure Sept. 18 at Bayhealth Medical Center in Milford, Del., according to The Cape Gazette. He was 89. Born in Washington, D.C., he enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 4, 1943, at the height of World War II. After…

90s

Dori Miller ’93

Dori Miller ’93, a former Terp swimmer, in August became the 27th person to complete the two-way English Channel swim. A designer who lives in Bondi Beach, Australia, she completed the feat to raise awareness (and $18,000 for research) of Parkinson’s…

70s

Andrea Ingram ’71

Andrea Ingram ’71 was honored in September for her quarter-century of service as executive director of Grassroots Crisis Intervention, the nonprofit organization that includes Howard County’s only homeless shelter and a variety of other services.

80s

Michael Martirano ’81, M.Ed. ’92

Michael Martirano ’81, M.Ed. ’92 was recently appointed West Virginia state superintendent of schools. He has been an educator for 30 years and most recently served as superintendent of St. Mary’s County Public Schools in Leonardtown, Md. He was selected…

90s

Anthony B. Kirkland D.M.A. ’97

Anthony B. Kirkland D.M.A. ’97 is assistant professor of trumpet at Mississippi State University. Over the summer, he performed as soloist with the MSU Wind Ensemble during its Italian tour to Rome, Milan, Florence and Venice. He also conducted the brass…

00s

Ronald Leo Checkai ’06

Ronald Leo Checkai ’06 and Peter Martyr Joseph Yungwirth ’06 were ordained to the priesthood for the Dominican Order on May 23 in Washington, D.C. They entered the Dominican Order at Saint Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati in August 2007, and made their first…