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

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Brian Malkin ’04

Brian Malkin ’04 joined McDermott Will & Emery, a health law firm, as partner in the FDA practice of its health industry advisory group based in Washington, D.C. Malkin counsels pharmaceutical and biologic clients on FDA regulatory matters and…

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J. Kelly Ganjei ’95

J. Kelly Ganjei ’95 was named a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Southeast Award. Ganjel is CEO of Cognate BioServices. The award program honors entrepreneurial business leaders whose ambitions deliver innovation, growth and…

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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…

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Mack McGee ’07

Mack McGee ’07 was appointed chief marketing officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Prior to joining CareFirst, McGee spent three years with SC&H Group, a management consulting and accounting firm.

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Rob Albritton ’08

Rob Albritton ’08 was named senior director of Reston-based government technology company Octo Consulting Group’s AI Center for Excellence. He most recently worked as a machine learning engineer at the Mitre Corp., a nonprofit that conducts research for…

Passings

Jonathan W. England ’95

Jonathan W. England ’95 died June 1 at his home in Columbia, Md., of a heart attack. He was 47. The son of Charlie and Judy England, he was born Feb. 23, 1973, in Wahiawa, Hawaii. Following multiple family moves during his father’s career in the military,…

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Francis Shushok Jr. Ph.D. ’02

Francis Shushok Jr. Ph.D. ’02 was named vice president for student affairs at Virginia Tech. He had been the interim vice president since October, overseeing more than 3,000 faculty, staff and student employees in 20 departments. Shushok has been with…

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…