Spring 2020

Class Act

May 13, 2020

Spring 2020

May 13, 2020

Class Act

May 13, 2020

Class Act

May 13, 2020

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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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Jeff Lavore ’93

Jeff Lavore ’93 CPA joined the executive board of the Metro Washington chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors as treasurer.

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Paul Sekhri ’81

Paul Sekhri ’81 was appointed a venture partner at Medicxi, a European life sciences investment firm. Sekhri was previously president and CEO of eGenesis. He completed graduate work in neuroscience at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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Michael Severino ’87, M.D.

Michael Severino ’87, M.D., was appointed to the board of directors of Avantor, which manufactures and distributes chemicals, reagents and laboratory supplies. Severino is the vice chairman and president of AbbVie, a research-driven biopharmaceutical…

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David Gwyn ’89

David Gwyn ’89 was promoted to worldwide sales chief operating officer at enterprise cloud computing firm Nutanix. Gwyn arrived there eight years ago as director of federal sales and was most recently senior vice president of sales for the U.S. West,…

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Kevin Hebbel ’05

Kevin Hebbel ’05 was promoted to director at SC&H Group, an audit, tax and consulting firm. Since 2012, Hebbel has taken an active role in shaping the firm’s employee engagement initiatives, and for the past five years he has served as a team lead for…

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James Lott ’95

James Lott ’95 joined Peak Rock Capital, a middle-market private investment firm, as managing director of Peak Growth Consulting. Lott spent the previous seven years at GTCR as chief information officer. Lott earned a master’s degree in business…

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…