Fall 2020

Features

9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About President Pines

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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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Marie Lathers ’83

Marie Lathers ’83, the Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of Humanities and French at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, was named the Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Visiting Professor of Humanities at Missouri University of…

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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,…

Passings

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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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

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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Charles Russell Kershner ’63

Charles Russell Kershner ’63 of Williamsport, Md., died June 3 at age 95. Born in Hagerstown, Md., on July 16, 1924, he was the son of the late John L. and Helen M. (Neikirk) Kershner. Kershner served in the Air Force as a gunner on a B-29 for the 507th…

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William “Bill” Millichap ’65

William “Bill” Millichap ’65 died after a year-long battle with cancer, according to media reports in June. He was 76. Millichap was co-chairman of Marcus & Millichap, which he joined as an investment broker shortly after its founding in 1971. After…

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Katie Potter ’88

Katie Potter ’88 was inducted to the McKnight Senior Living Hall of Honor. She is president and CEO of Newton, Mass.-based Five Star Senior Living, among the five largest senior living operators in the country. Potter has a bachelor’s degree in government…