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Class Notes

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Passings

Robert L. Ridgeway ’51

Robert L. Ridgeway ’51 died Aug. 4. He was born on Oct. 24, 1925, in Berwyn, Md. He earned a B.S. in business, and an LL.B from George Washington University. Ridgeway was drafted into the U.S. Army in November 1943, and served in Patton’s Third Army in…

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Rear Adm. Brian K. Penoyer MPP ’97

Rear Adm. Brian K. Penoyer MPP ’97 is the 11th Coast Guard District commander on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif. Penoyer most recently served as the Coast Guard's Force Readiness commander in Norfolk, Va., where he was responsible for the activity…

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Ajay K. Gupta ’95, M.S. ’98

Ajay K. Gupta ’95, M.S. ’98 is the CEO of HSR.health, a geospatial platform for analyzing health, social and environmental data. It works with providers, payers and regulators to develop solutions to improve health care quality and reduce costs.

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Richard “Dick” Palczynski M.A. ’71

Richard “Dick” Palczynski M.A. ’71 was appointed to the advisory board of Care Bridge International. He is founder and president of SeaTower Insurance Consulting Services. He is the former senior vice president of Towers Perrin Reinsurance and a former…

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Manuel Miranda ’79

Manuel Miranda ’79 is the new president of Reston-based tech and network security company Electrosoft. He had been chief operating officer at tech company InfoZen. Miranda earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from UMD and did graduate…

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Dr. Christine Savage ’97

Dr. Christine Savage ’97 joined Integral Rheumatology and Immunology Specialists in Plantation, Fla. Savage most recently practiced at UHealth in Deerfield Beach. She attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine, completed her internal medicine…

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Rayner W. Hesse Jr. ’76

Rayner W. Hesse Jr. ’76 of Bethany Beach, Del., died April 30 at the Delaware Hospice Center. He was 64. Hesse was born in Baltimore, son of the late Rayner W. Hesse Sr. and Dorothy Sachs Hesse. He graduated from Dulaney High School and earned a…

Passings

Stanley Gene Pitts ’61

Stanley Gene Pitts ’61 died Aug. 8 at the age of 82. He was born March 8, 1938, at Fort Sill, Okla., to the late Ogene and Lucille Cox Pitts. Pitts held a master’s degree in education and taught physical education at UMD for 20 years. He also held the…