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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60s

Ellen Paul ’69, M.A. ’74

Ellen Paul ’69, M.A. ’74 was part of a team that won the 2014 Family Choice Award for Best Toy in the pet category for its Happy Kids-Happy Pets boxed set of collectible cards and CD. It’s designed to teach children ages 4 to 9 about the humane treatment…

70s

Maurice W. Dorsey ’70, Ph.D. ’83

Maurice W. Dorsey ’70, Ph.D. ’83 has written his first book, “Businessman First: Remembering Henry G. Parks (1916 to 1989); Capturing the Life of a Businessman Who Was African American; An Authorized Biography.” The only African American in his class at…

Passings

William F. Best M.A. ’66

William F. Best M.A. ’66 died April 30 at his home in St. Michaels, Md. He received a B.S. in education at Frostburg State Teachers College in 1951. While in graduate school at UMD, he worked as an assistant intramural director and assistant baseball…

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…

80s

Camellia Blackwell Ph.D. ’85

Mixed-media artist Camellia Blackwell Ph.D. ’85 in April hosted 20 art collectors and enthusiasts at her art studio and gallery, an event organized by the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum. Her work combines photography and printmaking, and she is also a…

80s

James Cook ’83

James Cook ’83 was named to Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 list for 2014. Each year, the magazine recognizes 100 government, industry and academic leaders who have played pivotal roles that affect how the federal government acquires, develops and…

00s

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…

00s

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…