Fall 2020

Features

9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About President Pines

Features

Portraits From a Pandemic

Features

Double Infection Fighter

Campus Life

Puzzling Greatness

Campus Life

Just Don’t Call It ‘Adulting’

Not If, but When

Campus Life

Flush With Success

How to Bee of Assistance

Campus Life

A Place to ‘Land’

Class Act

Painting Pictures of Hope

Class Act

Collecting a New Generation’s Stamp of Approval

The Big Question

Epidemiologist Takes Country’s Temperature in 280 Characters

Campus Life

Point of Pride

Campus Life

A Giant, in Theory and Practice

Class Act

Alumni Association News

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

Carlos Febres-Mazzei ’99

Carlos Febres-Mazzei ’99 was named chair of the Boston/New England District Council of theUrban Land Institute, the world’s premier research and educational institute focused on land use issues and real estate. Febres-Mazzei is founder and managing…

Passings

Barbara Ione Brubaker ’51

Barbara Ione Brubaker ’51 died at her home in Asheville, N.C., on June 7. She was 89. Born and raised in Hyattsville, Md., she was the child of Blanche and Wallace Dobbin. While getting her degree in art education at UMD, she met her husband, Russell E.…

80s

James H. VanSciver Ed.D. ’85

James H. VanSciver Ed.D. ’85 has published his fifth book, “Hi! I’m Elvis,” in which a 9-week-old Sheltie gives advice to children. The book is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Xlibris. For a personalized signed copy, email…

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…

10s

Tony Jia ’18

Tony Jia ’18 is the founder of Subtle Asian Party/AVENUE Party, which worked with the University of California, Berkeley for its virtual commencement.

10s

Courtney M. Palmiere ’15

Courtney M. Palmiere ’15 was named one of the five best audiologists in Charlotte, N.C., by Kev’s Best. Palmiere earned her bachelor’s degree in hearing and speech sciences at UMD and her doctor of audiology degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Passings

Vernon R. Norris ’68

Vernon R. Norris ’68, a longtime resident of Atlanta, died unexpectedly on Sept. 2 at age 73. Vernon was born in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 1946. After graduating from UMD, he joined the Air Force pilot training program. In 1971, he met his future…

Passings

Ann L. Marsh ’58

Ann L. Marsh ’58 died Aug. 5 after a long illness, four days after her 84th birthday. She was born July 31, 1936, in Washington, D.C, to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (a second cousin to the poet) and Mary Olwen Rice Longfellow. She graduated from…