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Class Notes

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Laura Harper ’08

Laura Harper ’08 was named the women’s basketball coach at Coppin State University. As a basketball player at UMD, Harper was named the 2006 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player after leading the team to a national championship. After her college…

10s

Mark Conway ’10, MPP ’13

Mark Conway ’10, MPP ’13 was named executive vice president of programs for the Annapolis-based Chesapeake Conservancy. Conway will oversee the environmental nonprofit’s programs, partnership with the National Park Service and the work of the Conservation…

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Eric Parnes ’99

Eric Parnes ’99 joined international law firm McDermott Will & Emery as a partner. He previously served as chair of Hughes Hubbard’s defense industry practice group and co-chair of the technology committee. Parnes holds a J.D. from Georgetown…

Passings

Richard “Dick” Stanley Krafchik M.Ed. ’71

Richard “Dick” Stanley Krafchik M.Ed. ’71, of La Plata, Md., died June 15. Krafchik was born on Oct. 31, 1938, to Stanley and Palmira Krafchik and grew up in Nanticoke, Pa. He graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and…

Passings

Mahlon H. Trout Jr. M.Ed. ’65

Mahlon H. Trout Jr. M.Ed. ’65, of Bear, Del., formerly of Salisbury, Md., died Aug. 2 at age 90. Born on July 23, 1930, in Wilmington, Del., he was the son of Laura Jean Shuler Trout and Dr. Mahlon H. Trout Sr. Trout grew up in Salisbury and graduated…

Passings

Michelle Elizabeth Engebretsen M.Ed. ’96

Michelle Elizabeth Engebretsen M.Ed. ’96 died in her Salt Lake City home May 12 after a four-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Engebretsen was born in Seattle on Sept. 29, 1966, the eldest of six children born to Dr. Charles S. Wassum III and Ruth…

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Vernon E. Poole ’59

Vernon E. Poole ’59, of College Park, died July 21 at age 87. He was born in Cumberland, Md., to the late Elmer Poole and Helen Poole (nee Colbert). He graduated from Fort Hill High School, where he was a drummer in the marching band. He served four years…

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Kenneth desGarennes ’92

Kenneth desGarennes ’92 was appointed to the board of directors of Cologix, a network-neutral interconnection, ecosystem and hyperscale edge data center company. He is a 10-year veteran of Zayo Group, where he led 45 acquisitions and the company's initial…