Spring 2021

Campus Life

A Campus Legacy, by Design

Features

Facing the Offensive Line

Features

The Almighty Cod

In the Shadow of Climate Change and Overfishing, a UMD Researcher Finds Answers for Today’s Oceans in the Centuries-old Bones of a North Atlantic Fish.

Features

Terps, as Seen on TV!

This Sucks: How Your Robovac Could Spy on You

Campus Life

$9M Gift Establishes Institute for Performance and Technology in the Arts

Campus Life

Ewe-MD’s Lamb Lessons

Fighting Forgetting

Stage Whisperer

Acclaimed Theater Designer Takes Lead Role in Reimagining Live Performance

Apple Appeal

Class Act

Flipping Out for 75 Years

UMCP, UMB Team Up to Climb in National Research Ranking

Researchers’ Aim: One Vaccine for Many Viruses

Campus Life

Pines of the Times

‘It’s Not an Error, It’s a Language’

Class Act

Pandemic Fighter’s Priorities

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Sid Pandey M.P.S. ’19

Sid Pandey M.P.S. ’19 was named one of this year’s 50 Rising Stars by Geospatial World. A senior associate and senior geospatial technology manager in Dewberry’s geospatial and technology services group in Fairfax, Va., he has worked on projects for…

Passings

George W. Spencer ’61

George W. Spencer ’61 of Sycamore, Ill., died at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, Ill., on Jan 21. He was 81. Born in Wooster, Ohio, he was the son of Jack T. and Edith Spencer. Spencer graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland and earned…

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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.

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Kevin Rhee ’04

Kevin Rhee ’04, who founded the Pan-Asian food importer and distributor Rhee Brothers in Hanover, Md., was a winner of the Baltimore Business Journal’s Family-Owned Business Awards 2021.

Passings

Elbert “Sam” Peters MFA ’86

Elbert “Sam” Peters MFA ’86 died on Feb. 5 at age 82. He was born in Princeton, W.V., on Feb. 28, 1938, and grew up in Charleston, W.V. Peters worked over the years in painting, printmaking, collage, drawing, sculpture and computer graphics. He earned his…

Passings

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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Derrick Weatherspoon ’05

Derrick Weatherspoon ’05 was promoted to managing director of IMB Partners, a private equity firm focused on lower-middle market companies serving government agencies and electric and gas utilities. Weatherspoon joined IMB in 2020 and previously served as…

Passings

Donald J. Gonsalves ’53

Donald J. Gonsalves ’53 of South Windsor, Conn., died on Jan. 3. He was 89. He was born in Hyattsville, Md., and entered the Air Force upon graduating from UMD in 1953. He was stationed at Hanscom AFB in Massachusetts. Upon his discharge, he worked for a…