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Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Jane Carey Gardner ’73

Jane Carey Gardner ’73 died July 11 after her final battle with cancer. Gardner was born to the late Pauline and Samuel Carey in Richmond, Va. She graduated from Douglas Freeman High School in Richmond and from UMD with a bachelor of arts degree in…

90s

Robert A. Motley ’94

Robert A. Motley ’94 was selected as president-elect of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. He is a principal with the Howard County Public School System. He holds a master’s degree from the George Washington University in elementary…

70s

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…

00s

Hoi-Bun Suen ’00

Hoi-Bun Suen ’00 was appointed vice president of international sales for Sensus Healthcare, a company specializing in non- and minimally invasive, and cost-effective treatments for oncological and non-oncological conditions. Most recently, he was director…

90s

Kenneth desGarennes ’92

Kenneth desGarennes ’92 was appointed to the board of directors of Cologix, a network-neutral interconnection, ecosystem and hyperscale edge data center company. He is a 10-year veteran of Zayo Group, where he led 45 acquisitions and the company's initial…

Passings

Robert Lee Derbyshire ’54, M.S. ’59, Ph.D. ’64

Robert Lee Derbyshire ’54, M.S. ’59, Ph.D. ’64 died on June 4 in Wilmington, N.C. He was born June 2, 1929, in Baltimore to the late Joseph Hare Derbyshire and Ella Derbyshire (nee Collier). Derbyshire served two tours with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1946…

90s

Jason Schneiderman ’98

Jason Schneiderman ’98 is the author of “Hold Me Tight,” a book of poems published by Red Hen Press.

Passings

Marilyn A. Stutts ’53

Marilyn A. Stutts ’53, of Frederick County, Va., died on Aug. 22 at age 89. Stutts was born in 1931 in Densmore, Kan., daughter of the late Ruth and Glenn Archer Sr. She earned a bachelor’s degree from UMD and a master’s degree from New York University.…