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Fall 2020

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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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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.

Passings

Harriett “Jo” Albin ’73

Harriett “Jo” Albin ’73 died June 29 in Camp Springs, Md. She was born Nov. 22, 1947, to the late James Fraser Jr. and Ella Bell Welton Fraser. Albin graduated from Middletown High School in Frederick County, Md., in 1965. After earning her degree in…

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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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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…

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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,…

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Georgie Brophy MBA ’97

Georgie Brophy MBA ’97 was named director of business development at Noblis, a provider of science, technology and strategy services to the federal government. In previous government contracting roles, Brophy led Space Shuttle mission operations for the…

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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…