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Fall 2020

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Ilda Lunan Deming ’48

Ilda Lunan Deming ’48 died Aug. 3 at age 93 in Venice, Fla. She was born in Springfield, Mass., to the late James R. and lda L. Barrus-Lunan. She received her B.A. from UMD and continued her graduate studies in library science at Rutgers University. She…

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Renée R. Curry Ph.D. ’91

Renée R. Curry Ph.D. ’91 retired as professor emeritus in literature in the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at California State University, Monterey Bay. During her career, she wrote and edited three books and numerous articles in…

Passings

James “Jim” Armstrong ’45

James “Jim” Armstrong ’45, of Mendota, Ill., died on Aug. 16 at age 96. Armstrong was born in Baltimore on Feb. 22, 1924, to James and Ruth (Bischoff) Armstrong. After high school, he earned a B.S. in agronomy from UMD. He served in the U.S. Army from…

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Todd Wike ’02

Todd Wike ’02 was recognized by the National Football Players Association (NFLPA) as a registered player financial adviser. Wike is a managing partner at Potomac Financial Group (PFG). With only five other NFLPA approved advisors in the state of Maryland…

Passings

Janice Margaret Spotz M.Ed. ’73

Janice Margaret Spotz M.Ed. ’73 of La Plata, Md., died July 6 at age 80. She was born April 11, 1940, in Philadelphia to Margaret Munn and Harry Henderson. She graduated from Penn State in 1961, married that summer and moved to Maryland to pursue her…

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Marc Dorfman MBA ’08

Marc Dorfman MBA ’08 was named global head of sales at Qontigo, an investment intelligence leader and provider of best-of-breed analytics and world-class indices. Dorfman previously worked at FTSE Russell, where he led a team responsible for index sales,…

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Anthony Casalena ’05

Anthony Casalena ’05 was named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list in the Technology category. He is founder and CEO of Squarespace, which offers web content builders e-commerce tools, from systems for selling goods or booking appointments to designs for…

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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…