Spring 2014

Features

The Things He Carries

In Brief

Visualization tools being developed by UMD researchers

Virtual Reality, Made More Real

Class Act

Campus Life

Campus Life

In Brief

Washington: Rome Reborn

Campus Life

Teaching Center Seeks “A” in Innovation

Features

Conference Impact to Extend Across Campus

Class Act

The Accidental Golf Czar

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Kelley Benham French M.J. ’02

Kelley Benham French M.J. ’02, a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist and a longtime writer and editor for the Tampa Bay Times, will join the faculty of the Indiana University Media School on Aug. 1 as a professor of practice. French, a former high school…

Passings

John Crawford Buckner Ph.D. ’86

John Crawford Buckner Ph.D. ’86 of Weston and Marstons Mills, Mass., died Sept. 29 at the age of 55. He grew up in Seattle, Wash. and went onto Stanford University, graduating with honors and distinction in psychology. After earning his doctorate in…

Passings

Robert V. Hess ’83

Robert V. Hess ’83, who as New York City’s commissioner of homeless services presided over a gradual decline in the homeless population, died of liver cancer on Dec. 24 at his home in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., according to The New York Times. He was 57.…

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Jacqueline Dicker ’09

Jacqueline Dicker ’09 has been named associate to the family practice at Mishcon de Reya New York LLP. Her enthusiasm for the legal practice stemmed from watching “L.A. Law” as a child with her father. Her interest in family and matrimonial law was…

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Thomas P. Slaughter ’76, M.A. ’78

In “Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution,” noted historian Thomas P. Slaughter ’76, M.A. ’78 takes a long-term and inclusive approach, going back to the founding of the colonies to tell a 150-year story. Slaughter is the Arthur R.…

90s

Duane Adler ’91

Screenwriter Duane Adler ’91, made his directorial debut in April with the dance drama “Make Your Move.” It starred Derek Hough of “Dancing with the Stars” and Korean pop star BoA as star-crossed lovers in Brooklyn’s club scene. Adler was also the…

90s

Kathy Hedge M.B.A. ’99

Kathy Hedge M.B.A. ’99 has been named executive director of the nonprofit Parent Encouragement Program, which offers in-depth parenting classes in the D.C. area. She previously provided strategic planning, fundraising consultations and training as an…

Passings

Sharon L. Friedlander ’75, M.A. ’03

Sharon L. Friedlander ’75, M.A. ’03, a beloved Baltimore County public schools special education teacher, died Jan. 24 of giant cell myocarditis, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, according to The Baltimore Sun. The former Sharon Lee Falk was born and raised in…