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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Pamitha Weerasinghe ’05

Pamitha Weerasinghe ’05 joined the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research as director of government relations and external engagement. He came from the Union of Concerned Scientists, where he served as senior manager of government affairs, and…

Passings

John F. Miller III M.A. ’63

John F. Miller III M.A. ’63 died in January in Tampa, Fla., due to complications resulting from the coronavirus. He was a philosopher and teacher. He graduated from Catonsville High School, where he was on the wrestling team and soccer team. He was an…

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Melissa Murray Bailey ’01

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

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Sidney Sterman ’47

Sidney Sterman ’47 turned 100 on Feb. 13, 2021. Sterman is a member of the M Club and ODK. He was on the UMD football team under Coach Doc Spears, and the boxing team under Coach Rabino. Sterman lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Eileen, who he met…

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Claudia Hughes ’90

Claudia Hughes ’90 is now senior vice president and chief sales officer of Systemax.

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Ronald Attman ’68

Ronald Attman ’68, who founded Acme Paper and Supply Co. in Savage, Md., was a winner of The Baltimore Business Journal’s Family-Owned Business Awards 2021.

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Phyllis Caldwell ’81, MBA ’87

Phyllis Caldwell ’81, MBA ’87 was appointed to the board of directors of OneMain Financial, the country’s largest lender to Americans with nonprime credit. Caldwell is the founder and managing member of Wroxton Civic Ventures, which offers advisory…

Passings

Virginia Carole Martin ’70

Virginia Carole Martin ’70 died Dec. 20 at age 72 from Alzheimer’s-related complications at the Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls, Iowa. At UMD, she was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority and a varsity cheerleader. Martin started her career as a…