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Spring 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Edwin A Fleishman M.A. ’49

Edwin A Fleishman M.A. ’49 of Silver Spring, Md., died on Feb. 17 at age 93. He was born in New York City and grew up in Baltimore. A graduate of Baltimore City College High School, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Loyola College in just two years in…

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Geoffrey E. Harrison ’79

Geoffrey E. Harrison ’79 of Savannah, Ga., died on Feb. 12 after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born in London on May 24, 1953, to Gwendoline Marie Gibbs Harrison and Leo Peter Harrison. He and his sister, Louise, joined their mother in Maryland…

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Charles L. Zipp ’65

Charles L. Zipp ’65 died at age 78 on Feb. 19 after a long illness. He was born in Baltimore and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity at UMD. His interests included reading, watching science fiction, biking and playing tennis. He is survived by his wife,…

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Mary A. Lynch Turner ’82

Mary A. Lynch Turner ’82 of Perryville, Ky., died on Jan. 10 at age 63. She was raised in Bethesda, Md. She also earned a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Purdue University and ran a veterinary practice in Kentucky, focusing on large animals. She…

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Tracy Stone-Manning ’88

Tracy Stone-Manning ’88 was nominated by President Joe Biden to direct the Bureau of Land Management. She was senior adviser at the National Wildlife Federation. She had worked as chief of staff to former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. She holds an M.S. in…

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Arthur Irving Bell Jr. ’54

Arthur Irving Bell Jr. ’54 died on Jan. 23 in Naples, Fla. He was born on Sept. 3, 1931. Bell spent the fourth year of his life in Kernan Hospital for Crippled Children (the current University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute) being…

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Dr. Ajay Verma ’84

Dr. Ajay Verma ’84 was appointed executive vice president, head of research and development at Yumanity Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative, disease-modifying therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Dr.…

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Helen M. Martinez ’69

Helen M. Martinez ’69 was appointed to the board of directors of Point Breeze Credit Union; she previously spent two years on its supervisory committee. She most recently served as director of technical support at Novatech Process Solutions.