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Class Notes

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Passings

Ella F. Smart ’52

Ella F. Smart ’52, of Silver Spring, Md., died on May 16. She was predeceased by her husband, Clarence S. Smart Jr. She is survived by her children, Mary Denison, Leslie McGowan, Janice Thomann and Diane Melia-Anderson; seven grandchildren; four…

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David C. Wajsgras ’82

David C. Wajsgras ’82 was appointed to the board of directors of the Parsons Corp., a defense, intelligence, security and infrastructure engineering firm. Wajsgras has 20 years of experience at the senior executive management level, providing operational,…

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Kimberly Boulmetis ’92

Kimberly Boulmetis ’92 joined BTIG Investment Banking’s specialty finance investment banking unit as a managing director, based in the firm’s New York office. Prior to BTIG, she was a managing director within FIG Investment Banking at Oppenheimer. She…

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…

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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…

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Theodore F. Krug ’50

Theodore F. Krug ’50, of New Oxford, Pa., died May 18. He was 93. Krug was born on Oct. 24, 1926, in Baltimore, the son of the late Theodore A. and Elizabeth Ann (LaMotte) Krug. Krug was a member of Hanover First Church of God. He was president of G. Krug…

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Dr. Jonas Rappeport ’50

Dr. Jonas Rappeport ’50 died Sept. 8 at age 95 in Cockeysville, Md. Rappeport graduated from Forest Park High School in Baltimore in 1942 and entered UMD. He was drafted in June 1943 and served in Europe until WWII ended. He returned to College Park in…

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John D. McDermott ’66

John D. McDermott ’66 died May 14 at age 78. He was born in Hartford, Conn., on May 4, 1942, to Thomas and Patricia (Malone) McDermott. The eldest of seven children, McDermott grew up in Maryland, where he loved boating, fishing and crabbing. He…