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Class Notes

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Passings

Deborah Rosen McKerrow ’72

Deborah Rosen McKerrow ’72 died at her Annapolis, Md., home on Feb. 22 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Baltimore in 1948, she was raised by her parents, Manny and Jeanette Rosen, along with her sister, Bobbie. After graduating from…

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Jaclyn Cockcroft ’06

Jaclyn Cockcroft ’06 was one of 14 teachers named semifinalists for the 2020 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year. She is an art teacher at Bodkin Elementary School in Pasadena, Md.

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Dennis Andrucyk ’82

Dennis Andrucyk ’82 was named director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He had been serving as the acting director since Dec. 31, and before then was the deputy associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at the agency’s…

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William Maletzky ’53

William Maletzky ’53 died at age 90 on Feb. 26 at his home in Hagerstown, Md. Maletzky was born Sept. 14, 1929, in West New York, N.J. He was the son of the late William Paul Maletzky and Hedy Danitz Maletzky. He was a graduate of White Plains High School…

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Donna Van Scoy ’84

Donna Van Scoy ’84 joined law firm Lerch Early as a principal in the Divorce/Family Law practice. Van Scoy is a Maryland family law attorney with 30 years of experience representing individuals during their separation, divorce and post-divorce matters.

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Jack A. Grubber ’59

Jack A. Grubber ’59 died on March 17 at his home in Great Mills, Md., at age 89. He was the son of Michael J. Grubber and stepmother Jean Elaine Grubber, and Sara Ellen Bennett and stepfather Joseph H. Bennett. He was born on May 13, 1930, in Moundsville,…

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Samuel Griffith ’11

Samuel Griffith ’11 was appointed owner and president of National Jet Co. He spent two years after his UMD graduation as senior project manager at a firm in Washington, D.C., then came to National Jet as special projects engineer and eventually became the…

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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…