Spring 2020

Features

Sticking Together

Features

Secrets, Satellites and Howard Stern

In Race With Virus, Engineers Speed Development of Medical Equipment

Campus Life

UMD Fights Pandemic With Historic Changes

Campus Life

‘Building Champions’

Campus Life

(Re)Introducing Darryll Pines

Campus Life

‘You Had a Feeling That You Could Change the World’

Campus Life

Disposable Knowledge

Class Act

Former Olympic Gymnast Takes the Next Leap

Art and Craft

Forecasts of the Future

Breaking Out of a Web of Censorship

Campus Life

Millions Gone, But Not Forgotten

Class Act

Maryland’s Leading Lady

Campus Life

An Unexpected Final Whistle

The Big Question

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

David Gwyn ’89

David Gwyn ’89 was promoted to worldwide sales chief operating officer at enterprise cloud computing firm Nutanix. Gwyn arrived there eight years ago as director of federal sales and was most recently senior vice president of sales for the U.S. West,…

80s

Alan Orloff ’82

Alan Orloff ’82 is the author of “I Know Where You Sleep,” a crime thriller published by Down & Out Books. Orloff has been recognized as both an Agatha Award finalist and as the recipient of the 2019 ITW Thriller Award for Best E-Book Original.

70s

Bud Summers M.S. ’79, Ph.D. ’83

Bud Summers M.S. ’79, Ph.D. ’83 was promoted to chief operating officer of TreeTown USA, a wholesale nursery and tree grower in Texas, Florida and California. Summers was previously senior vice president of Southwest operations for TreeTown. Before…

10s

Rachael Kaye ’10

Rachael Kaye ’10 joined the WJLA StormWatch 7 team in Washington, D.C., coming from FOX6 News Milwaukee. Prior to that, she worked in Peoria, Ill. Kaye earned her master's degree at Mississippi State University. Her 2018 storm chase series in Milwaukee…

90s

Leonard Farello ’91

Leonard Farello ’91 became global director of fire protection and asset management for Intel Corp. Farello left his position as senior fire protection engineer at ACCENT Fire Engineering Int'l. Ltd. in Santa Fe, N.M., but remains connected to the firm in…

90s

William F. Tate IV Ph.D ’91

William F. Tate IV Ph.D ’91 was appointed executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina. He was previously dean of the Graduate School, vice provost for graduate education and the Edward Mallinckrodt…

10s

Daniel Thomas ’11

Daniel Thomas ’11, a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas, won first place at his university in the Three Minute Thesis competition for his presentation on his thesis, “Black Male Teachers Entangled in Pathology.” He went on to the regional Three…

00s

William Pines ’04

William Pines ’04 was promoted to chief engineer for the Maryland Transportation Authority, where he had been acting chief engineer for nearly a year. He joined the agency in 2012. He provides executive direction for the design, construction and…