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Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Robert Lee Derbyshire ’54, M.S. ’59, Ph.D. ’64

Robert Lee Derbyshire ’54, M.S. ’59, Ph.D. ’64 died on June 4 in Wilmington, N.C. He was born June 2, 1929, in Baltimore to the late Joseph Hare Derbyshire and Ella Derbyshire (nee Collier). Derbyshire served two tours with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1946…

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Wynne Briscoe ’01

Wynne Briscoe ’01 was named Southern Maryland regional director of the Small Business Development Center at the College of Southern Maryland. Briscoe previously served as SBDC business, management, technology and manufacturing consultant.

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Ralph C. Ward ’59

Ralph C. Ward ’59, of Richmond, Va., died on Aug. 1. Born to Ralph Cordell Ward Sr. and Mabel Josephine Cross on March 11, 1935, he grew up in Rockville, Md. At Montgomery Blair High School, he earned letters in football, basketball and baseball and was…

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Dr. Milford “Mickey” Foxwell Jr. ’75

Dr. Milford “Mickey” Foxwell Jr. ’75 died July 16. Born in Cambridge, Md., on Aug. 1, 1953, he was the son of the late Milford M. Foxwell Sr. and Patsy Foxwell. Foxwell graduated from Cambridge High School in 1971, then UMD and the University of Maryland…

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Spiro Stefanou M.S. ’79

Spiro Stefanou M.S. ’79 is the new administrator of USDA’s Economic Research Service. For the past five years, he has taught economics at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agriculture. Before that, he served 30 years as an agricultural…

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Bryan Nehman ’96

Bryan Nehman ’96 is co-host with C4 of a new morning news and talk show on WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5. It airs weekdays from 5:30-10 a.m. Nehman was previously host of “WBAL News Now” on weekday mornings and has earned multiple Regional Edward R.…

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Frank L. Monteforte ’50

Frank L. Monteforte ’50 died May 23 at age 93 in Sarasota, Fla. Born in Brooklyn in 1926 to the late Vincent and Anna Monteforte, he moved to Long Branch, N.J., in 1943, and was a graduate of Long Branch High School. Monteforte served in the U.S. Army…

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David Allen Trace ’84

David Allen Trace ’84, of Mechanicsville, Va., died May 30. Born April 12, 1962, in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Monica (Fish) Trace and the late Lawrence Trace. Trace received his bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from UMD and an MBA from…