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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Passings

Donald Jacobs M.A. ’54

Donald Jacobs M.A. ’54 died Feb. 11 at age 91 in the family home in Leola, Pa. He was born near Johnstown, Pa., son of Paul and Trella Jacobs. Jacobs graduated from Eastern Mennonite High School, received a B.S. in history from Franklin & Marshall…

90s

Raphael D’Amico ’98

Raphael D’Amico ’98 was named chief financial officer of Panhandle Oil and Gas. He was the company’s vice president, corporate development and investor relations, a position in which he will continue to serve. D’Amico previously served as a managing…

Passings

Janice Mary McWeeny M.L.S. ’70

Janice Mary McWeeny M.L.S. ’70 of Falmouth, Mass., died Jan. 7 at age 72 after a battle with cancer. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of George P. and Alice A. Driscoll. She was educated in the Milton Public Schools, at Fontbonne Academy in Milton and…

80s

Jonathan Gold ’89

Jonathan Gold ’89 joined law firm Dickinson Wright’s Washington, D.C., office. Gold focuses on creditors' rights and complex financial restructuring matters, as well as in state court and bankruptcy litigation matters. Gold received his J.D. from the…

10s

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…

00s

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…

10s

Tim Schwartz ’14

Tim Schwartz ’14 was named sports editor of Capital Gazette, the news organization covering Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. He’s been with Baltimore Sun Media for more than five years, previously covering prep sports in his native Howard County.

10s

Seth Faber ’15 & Jamie Fishkin ’15

Seth Faber ’15 married Jamie Fishkin ’15 on April 4 at the house of the groom’s parents in Great Neck, N.Y., according to The New York Times. She is an account manager in New York at Good2bSocial, a digital marketing agency. Faber is a brand strategy…