Spring 2020

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Robert “Ed” Novak Sr. ’50

Robert “Ed” Novak Sr. ’50 died of heart failure April 18 at the Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, Md., at age 94. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Franklin J. Novak Sr. and his wife, Pearl. He was a 1944 graduate of Baltimore City…

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Phillip Hudson III ’82

Phillip Hudson III ’82 joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s trial practice group in the Miami office. Previously, Hudson was a partner at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP. He maintains a substantial complex litigation practice representing…

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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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Helmut Otto Guenschel ’62

Helmut Otto Guenschel ’62 died March 1 from prostate cancer and complications from diabetes at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Md. The longtime Catonsville resident was 87. The son of Albrecht and Johanna Guenschel, he was born and raised in Dresden,…

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Frank Marbury Clagett ’52, M.A. ’56

Frank Marbury Clagett ’52, M.A. ’56 of Upper Marlboro, Md., died on Feb. 9 at age 95. Clagett attended Bancroft Elementary School in Washington, D.C., and Marlboro High School. A devoted Terp, he served as president of the Arts and Science Alumni Chapter…

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Walter Sierotko ’86

Walter Sierotko ’86 was promoted to executive vice president, chief lending officer of Provident Bank, a New Jersey-based financial institution. Sierotko previously served as executive vice president, director of real estate lending for Provident.

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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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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…