Spring 2020

Class Act

More Than a Meal

Reconstructing Lives Forgotten

Class Act

Alumni Association News

Class Act

The Role of a Lifetime

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Janet Lee Murphy ’51

Janet Lee Murphy ’51 died Jan. 13 at age 90 at her home in Lancaster, Pa. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Charlotte Hitchcock. She graduated from Eastern High School in 1947 and majored in psychology and was a member of the…

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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…

Passings

Lincoln “Linc” Watkins ’51

Lincoln “Linc” Watkins ’51 died March 6 at age 92. Watkins, who was known to many as Pa or Puzzy, was born in New York City on Nov. 23, 1927. His parents relocated to a farm in Ashton, Md., and he graduated from Montgomery Blair High School. Watkins then…

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Aparna Mathur Ph.D. ’05

Aparna Mathur Ph.D. ’05 was appointed a senior economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Since 2005, she has worked at the American Enterprise Institute, researching topics including income inequality and mobility, tax policy, labor…

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William Fargason MFA '14

William Fargason MFA '14 is the author of "Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara," published by the University of Iowa Press. In it, Fargason inspects the pain of memory alongside the pain of the physical body.

Passings

Bernard (Bud) Leightheiser ’55

Bernard (Bud) Leightheiser ’55 died on Feb. 16 in Wyomissing, Pa. He received a full tennis scholarship to attend UMD and was a business student. After graduation, he received a commission in the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant and spent two years…

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Ben Bates ’08, M.Arch. ’13

Ben Bates ’08, M.Arch. ’13 is now partner and vice president at the firm of Bates Architects in Frederick, Md.

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Stephen Fritz ’86

Stephen Fritz ’86 was promoted to chief operating officer of HHHunt, a real estate development, building and management firm. Fritz joined the company in 2015 and most recently served as senior vice president at HHHunt and president of HHHunt Homes.