Fall 2024

Campus Life

From Ashes to Awe

Students and Faculty Mark 20 Years of Excavating and Documenting Little-Known Ruins Near Pompeii

News

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Testudo on Tap

UMD Joins With Baltimore Brewery Co-founded by Alum to Offer New Beer

News

2 Terps Take Gold

Triple Jumper, Basketball Player Earn Top Honors in Paris Olympics

Features

Connie Chung sitting at a table with her book in front of her

‘Connie’ Breaks a Story: Her Own

Trailblazing journalist Connie Chung ’69 battled misogyny and racism to reach the pinnacle of TV news. In a new self-titled memoir, she shares what it took to get there.

Features

10 in 10

From titles to revenue to academics, Maryland scored by joining the Big Ten Conference. Here are 10 ways it’s been a B1G decade.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Chris Bakewell MBA ’93

Chris Bakewell MBA ’93 joined the Intellectual property practice of Charles River Associates, a Boston-headquartered management consultancy. Bakewell brings 30 years of experience, including 17 at Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps), where he was managing…

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Ahmed Abdel-Saheb ’07, ’07

Ahmed Abdel-Saheb ’07, ’07 joined Signal Hill, a lower-middle market private equity firm, as managing director, based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was a partner at Godspeed Capital and an investment banking vice president at Greenhill & Co. He…

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David Afshar ’95

David Afshar ’95 was tapped to serve as interim chief financial officer at American Oncology Network. He replaced Dave Gould ’96 in the role.

Passings

Arch Scurlock '69, M.S. ’71

Arch Scurlock '69, M.S. ’71 died on June 15, 2024, at age 77. He held an MBA from Harvard University and chemical engineering degrees from UMD. His career included work for the U.S. Public Health Service and Environmental Protection Agency, the Atlantic…

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Alex Bryer ’96

Alex Bryer ’96, a financial adviser at Snowden Lane Partners’ Riverstone Capital Wealth Group, was recognized by AdvisorHub in its ranking of 2024 Advisors.

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Jeremy Steinberg ’99

Jeremy Steinberg ’99 joined Tower Partners, a lower-middle market investment bank, as a director and chief operating officer. He is a former managing partner of Baltimore-based Antson Advisors and is an adjunct faculty professor in the master’s program at…

Passings

William A. Rogers ’54

William A. Rogers ’54 of Palm Harbor, Florida, died May 13, 2024, at age 89. He lived most of his life in Riverdale, Maryland. After earning his degree in education at UMD, Rogers taught English at Duval High School in Lanham, Maryland, and was a guidance…

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Andrew Gonnella ’11 MBA ’17

Andrew Gonnella ’11 MBA ’17 was named chief executive officer of Urban Umbrella, which provides modern sidewalk scaffolding solutions. He had been involved with the company as an investor since 2017, serving as a strategic advisor since early 2024 and as…