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Spring 2014

Features Dorland opener

The Things He Carries

In Brief Visualization tools being developed by UMD researchers

Virtual Reality, Made More Real

Class Act Golf equipment

Putt Together

Campus Life Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Pieces of UMD

Campus Life School of Theatre

Hidden Histories

Finance Professor Steven Heston ’83

Faculty Q & A

In Brief The “Apotheosis of Washington,” a

Washington: Rome Reborn

Campus Life St John building

Teaching Center Seeks “A” in Innovation

Features Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Conference Impact to Extend Across Campus

Class Act Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

The Accidental Golf Czar

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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50s

Justin L. Vigdor ’54

Justin L. Vigdor ’54 of Rochester, N.Y., has been honored with the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Bar Foundation. Vigdor was president of the New York State Bar Association from 1985–86 and president of foundation from 1992 to 1996. He…

00s

Dr. Jana Lori Lewis ’05

Dr. Jana Lori Lewis ’05 and Joshua Reuven Deitch were married March 22 at Cold Spring Country Club in Huntington, N.Y. She is a fourth-year resident in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. She received her medical degree from St.…

70s

Mark McEwen ’76

Mark McEwen ’76, a longtime journalist who suffered a stroke in 2005, returned to Orlando’s WKMG Local 6 in February to host regular segments for the noon broadcast called “Positive Mark.” He previously spent 16 years with “CBS This Morning,” during which…

70s

Ed Armstrong ’79

Ed Armstrong ’79 was named Mr. Clearwater at the 92nd annual meeting of the Clearwater (Fla.) Regional Chamber of Commerce in February. He has practiced law in Clearwater for 30 years, most often representing developers, but sometimes those who opposed…

80s

Robert P. Stoker Ph.D. ’83

Robert P. Stoker Ph.D. ’83 and Michael J. Rich analyze what came out of efforts to revitalize six distressed U.S. cities through large federal grants in “Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization: Lessons from Empowerment Zones.” They confront why…

00s

John ’05 and Stacy Spaulding Jowers ’06

John ’05 and Stacy Spaulding Jowers ’06 of Silver Spring, Md., welcomed the arrival of daughter Carina Joy on Jan. 28. They report that Carina is already looking forward to cheering on the Terps this fall.

90s

William F. Tate Ph.D. ’91,

William F. Tate Ph.D. ’91, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and chair of the Department of Education at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences…

Passings

Julie Sutherland Jones ’74

Julie Sutherland Jones ’74, who retired in the early 1990s as deputy director of public affairs at the Labor Department, died of cancer Jan. 24 at her home in Arlington, Va. She was 65, according to The Washington Post. She attended Northwestern High…