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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Passings

Margaret Wharton ’65

Artist Margaret Wharton ’65 died Jan. 20 at her home in Riverside, Ill. She was 70. Wharton lived in Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio before coming to UMD, according to The Chicago Tribune. She worked briefly in advertising before marrying and moving…

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Shayan Zadeh M.S. ’02

Shayan Zadeh M.S. ’02 (left) and Alex Mehr Ph.D. ’03 (right), co-founders of the romantic social network and dating service Zoosk, were featured in the March 6 issue of Forbes magazine in a story called “Up-and-Comers: Entrepreneurs Who Want to Find You…

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Linda A. Weir M.S. ’01

Linda A. Weir M.S. ’01 co-wrote “North American Amphibians,” published by the University of California Press. The book covers the 300 recognized species found in the United States and Canada, many of which are endangered or threatened with extinction.

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Brian J. Malkin ’04

Brian J. Malkin ’04 and Maryana Olman M.B.A. ’04 celebrate their 10th anniversary on June 12—they were married in Memorial Chapel and had photographs taken at the stables on campus. He recently joined McGuireWoods LLP as a senior counsel to lead its FDA…

Passings

Roy Thompson Jr. ’61

Roy Thompson Jr. ’61, a decorated officer during the Korean War who, while on duty, played himself in a Hollywood movie shot on location, died April 22 in Panama City, Fla., according to The New York Times He was 85. Thompson was a lieutenant in the army…

Passings

Joseph “Walter” Gibson ’69

Joseph “Walter” Gibson ’69 of La Plata, Md., died Jan. 16 in East Stroudsburg, Pa., according to the Southern Maryland News Net. He was 73. Gibson served in the army from 1962 to September 1964 in Tobeyhanna Army Depot, Pa. He worked as a soil scientist…

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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.…

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Thomas A. Bogar ’70, M.A. ’74

Theater historian Thomas A. Bogar ’70, M.A. ’74 has written the book “Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination” from a unique perspective: a view from backstage at the Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. It establishes for the first time that the theater was…