Fall 2020

‘Life Was Never the Same for Any of Us’

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A Built Legacy

Campus Life

UMD Takes Extraordinary Steps to Keep Virus at Bay

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Rewriting the Student-Athlete Care Playbook

Unequal Outcomes Tie Two Pandemics

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Plumbing a Problem

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Emilio Garcia Ruiz ’84

Emilio Garcia Ruiz ’84 was named editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle. He was previously managing editor of digital for The Washington Post, where he worked since 2001. His other roles at the newspaper included assistant sports editor, local…

70s

Helene Zeug M.S. ’70

Helene Zeug M.S. ’70 was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame, the second person from Hawaii ever inducted. Zeug worked for 41 years at the University of Hawaii Extension Service as a 4-H agent in Honolulu and later as associate state 4-H leader.

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Bryan Nehman ’96

Bryan Nehman ’96 is co-host with C4 of a new morning news and talk show on WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5. It airs weekdays from 5:30-10 a.m. Nehman was previously host of “WBAL News Now” on weekday mornings and has earned multiple Regional Edward R.…

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Joeanne “Jo” Thomas ’18

Joeanne “Jo” Thomas ’18 was selected as a 2020 Pat Tillman Foundation Tillman Scholar. The Pat Tillman Foundation Scholarship is the preeminent veteran-specific scholarship in the country. The Marine Corps veteran is now a UMD graduate assistant in…

Passings

John E. Fletcher Ph.D. ’72

John E. Fletcher Ph.D. ’72 died at his home in Ashburn, Va., on June 14. He was 83. Fletcher was born to James Clair Fletcher and Goldie Erin Critcher Fletcher on June 12, 1937, in Banner Elk, N.C. Fletcher grew up in Zionsville, N.C., and graduated from…

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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…

Passings

Lt. Col. Patrick M. Cooper ’67

Lt. Col. Patrick M. Cooper ’67 died at his home in Portland, Ore., June 13. Cooper was born Aug. 1, 1944, in Fort Dix, N.J., to Thomas A. and Marian Cooper (later, Marian Poland). He was raised in Phoenix and Hyattsville, Md., and received a bachelor’s…

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Feroz Sanaulla ’89

Feroz Sanaulla ’89 was appointed as a partner in the Middle East office of Roland Berger, located in Dubai.