Spring 2021

Campus Life

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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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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

Joseph L. Colburn Ph.D. ’63

Joseph L. Colburn Ph.D. ’63 died on Feb. 10 at age 91 in Elkhart, Ind. He was born in Baltimore and attended Mount Saint Joseph High School, before attending Loyola College. He worked part time at St. Agnes Hospital pharmacy, where he met his wife, Martha…

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Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. DeWitt Richard Searles ’49

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. DeWitt Richard Searles ’49, a fighter pilot in World War II and Vietnam, died at his Virginia home on Feb. 27 at the age of 100. Searles was born in Birmingham, Ala., and graduated from the Bolles School, a military academy in…

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Richard J. Montgomery Ph.D. ’79

Richard J. Montgomery Ph.D. ’79 died at age 86 on Jan 14. He served as the chairman of the science division at Hagerstown Community College for 21 years. During those years, he developed a reputation for respecting the opinions of his colleagues and…

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Seema Verma ’93

Seema Verma ’93 joined the board of directors of Lumeris. She most recently served as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Modern Healthcare ranked her as the “Most Influential Person in Healthcare” in 2019 and one of the…

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Christian Douglas ’15

Christian Douglas ’15 released his first full-length album, “Inside Voice,” which he created, produced and recorded from his home during the pandemic. Special guests include singer-songwriter Becca Stevens and Snarky Puppy's Justin Stanton, among others.…

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Donald R. Date Sr. ’56

Donald R. Date Sr. ’56, of Frederick, Md., died Jan. 3 at age 85. He was born in Seattle on Jan. 25, 1935, to the late Donald and Ethel Date. Date was a proud graduate of the University of Maryland. He worked for Frederick County as the director of…

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Umair Zia '07

Umair Zia '07 joined the board of directors of the Discovery Museum. Zia is director of electric distribution engineering for Eversource Energy.