Spring 2021

Campus Life

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Features

May 19, 2021

Features

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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.

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Acclaimed Theater Designer Takes Lead Role in Reimagining Live Performance

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Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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80s

Jean N. “Nellie” Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86

Jean N. “Nellie” Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86 was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the U.S. Treasury’s undersecretary for domestic finance. Liang spent almost her entire career as an economist at the Federal Reserve, where she became the founding…

90s

Alicia O'Brien ’97

Alicia O'Brien ’97 was appointed senior counsel and special assistant to the president in the White House Counsel’s Office. She served at the Department of Justice as an associate deputy attorney general and as a deputy assistant attorney general in the…

00s

Bob Kwaja ’07

Bob Kwaja ’07 was announced chief financial officer of Two Six Technologies, a provider to the U.S. intelligence community, Department of Defense and other U.S. national security customers. Kwaja has experience in financial strategy and operations for…

Passings

Carol C. Thompson ’71

Carol C. Thompson ’71 died on March 21 at age 79 in Annapolis, Md., following a battle with Parkinson’s disease for 23 years. Thompson was a loved local philanthropist and founder of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County. She was raised in…

90s

Todd Hill ’99

Todd Hill ’99 was promoted to product public relations manager of Subaru of America. Hill previously spent four years at Ford Motor Company and subsidiary Visteon. Hill earned an MBA from Drexel University.

10s

Rafael Telahun ’11

Rafael Telahun ’11 joined TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, as vice president in its Menlo Park office and as a member of the firm’s North America services group. He previously was an investment director at CVC Capital Partners and…

00s

Melissa Murray Bailey ’01

Melissa Murray Bailey ’01 was appointed senior vice president of global sales of Hootsuite.

90s

William F. Tate IV Ph.D. ’91

William F. Tate IV Ph.D. ’91 was appointed president of Louisiana State University. He was previously Education Foundation distinguished professor, and provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina.