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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Sofia Kosmetatos M. Jour. ’03

Sofia Kosmetatos M. Jour. ’03 was hired as an account director at Amendola Communications, a health care IT public relations and digital marketing agency. Most recently, she served as director of public affairs for West Health, a family of nonprofit…

Passings

Eileen O. Franch ’69

Eileen O. Franch ’69 died of cancer Jan. 2 at the age of 78. She was born in New York City, the daughter of Michael Ochis and Alice Edgerton Ochis. Her parents moved to Bergen County, N.J., where she graduated from Tenafly High School. She graduated from…

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Margaret Meixner ’87

Margaret Meixner ’87 was appointed director, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Science Mission Operations for Universities Space Research Association. Prior to joining USRA, Meixner was at the Space Telescope Science Institute,…

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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…

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Sachin Sankpal M.S. ’95

Sachin Sankpal M.S. ’95 was named president of the products and solutions business of Resideo Technologies, a provider of home comfort and security solutions. Sankpal most recently served as senior vice president for emerging industries at Trimble, Inc.

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Scott Glick ’78

Scott Glick ’78 joined Summit Exercises and Training, a preparedness solutions company, as vice president and general counsel. Glick provides advice to customers regarding counterterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, law enforcement, intelligence and…

Passings

Edward J. Norris ’69

Edward J. Norris ’69 died on March 18 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 77. Norris was born on March 8, 1943, in Cumberland, Md., the son of the late Jesse and Beulah Norris. He graduated from Fort Hill High School and UMD, where he…

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Helen Parshall M. Jour. '17

Helen Parshall M. Jour. '17 is now communications manager with AIDS United, an organization dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. Prior to this, she was digital media manager with the Human Rights Campaign and a reporter with the…