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‘Life Was Never the Same for Any of Us’

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A Built Legacy

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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

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Steve Green ’89

Steve Green ’89, owner of High Mountain Sports, was presented with the 2020 Heise Entrepreneurial Spirit Award by Martin Heise as part of the Garrett County Chamber of Commerce virtual membership meeting.

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Paul Mandell ’95

Paul Mandell ’95 began his term as chair of the Yale Law School Fund Board. He is a founder and chief executive officer of Consero Group, a venture capital-backed events company headquartered in Bethesda, Md. He practiced law at Arnold & Porter LLP…

Passings

Vernon E. Poole ’59

Vernon E. Poole ’59, of College Park, died July 21 at age 87. He was born in Cumberland, Md., to the late Elmer Poole and Helen Poole (nee Colbert). He graduated from Fort Hill High School, where he was a drummer in the marching band. He served four years…

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Laura Harper ’08

Laura Harper ’08 was named the women’s basketball coach at Coppin State University. As a basketball player at UMD, Harper was named the 2006 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player after leading the team to a national championship. After her college…

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Chuck Hicks ’92

Chuck Hicks ’92 was promoted to chief operating officer of NCI Information Systems, a provider of advanced information technology solutions and professional services to U.S. federal government agencies. He retained his current position and…

Passings

Mary S. Littrell M.Ed. '64

Mary S. Littrell M.Ed. '64 died July 21 after a long battle with scleroderma. She was born on Aug. 23, 1939. She attended Atlantic Christian College and East Carolina University, earning a B.S. in home economics. She completed her master’s of education at…

Passings

William Roy Hamilton Jr. M.A. ’56, Ph.D. ’63

William Roy Hamilton Jr. M.A. ’56, Ph.D. ’63 died July 15 at age 94. Hamilton was born on April 21, 1926, in Durant, Okla., to Josephine and Roy Hamilton Sr. He was drafted into the U.S. Navy as an electrical engineer from 1944-46 and he earned a WWII…

Passings

Frank L. Monteforte ’50

Frank L. Monteforte ’50 died May 23 at age 93 in Sarasota, Fla. Born in Brooklyn in 1926 to the late Vincent and Anna Monteforte, he moved to Long Branch, N.J., in 1943, and was a graduate of Long Branch High School. Monteforte served in the U.S. Army…