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Class Notes

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10s

Erin Breit ’11

Erin Breit ’11 was promoted to audit partner at ACM LLP. She joined the firm in 2005.

Passings

Richard Spinelli ’71

Richard Spinelli ’71 of Watertown, N.Y., died on Jan. 10 at age 78. Spinelli was born on July 4, 1941, to Paul and Alberta (Eddy) Spinelli. He received his bachelor’s degree from UMD and taught for 28 years at South Jefferson Central School in Adams…

80s

Nicholas Ladany ’85

Nicholas Ladany ’85 wwill become president of Oglethorpe University in Georgia in July. Ladany is currently dean of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences and associate provost for academic outreach at the University of San Diego. Ladany will…

90s

Leigh Burnside ’92

Leigh Burnside ’92, senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at the Wendy’s Company, joined the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity, as a member of its board of trustees. In her 15 years at…

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Stephen Underhill Ph.D. ’12

Stephen Underhill Ph.D. ’12 is the author of “The Manufacture of Consent: J. Edgar Hoover and the Rhetorical Rise of the FBI,” published by Michigan State University Press. Underhill is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at…

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…

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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Edward F. Shultz ’50

Edward F. Shultz ’50 of Conyers, Ga., died March 21 at age 93. Shultz was born Nov. 14, 1926, in Akron, Ohio, to the late Franklin and Margaret Hausman Shultz. His stepfather, Edward Brookman, raised Shultz as his own. In 1943, Shultz met Wanda Hammond at…