Spring 2021

News

Sports Briefs

Class Act

Collecting Today’s History

Class Act

Menu on a Mission

A Revolution Goes Public

UMD Mourns Victims of Anti-Asian Violence

The Big Question

Data Farming

Class Act

Alumni Association News

Phone Data Could Speed Up Efforts to Slow Down Traffic

Campus Life

New Residence Halls to Honor Trailblazers

Campus Life

Tallying the Toll of COVID-19

Campus Life

Mural of a Lifetime

Saves in the City

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Eric Hartley ’00

Eric Hartley ’00 was named opinion editor of The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, Calif. He came from The Virginian-Pilot, where he led a team of seven government, education and crime reporters, and previously was a reporter there. Hartley also has…

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Dr. Lawrence Weiss ’76

Dr. Lawrence Weiss ’76 was appointed chief medical officer of Fulgent Genetics, a technology company providing comprehensive testing solutions through its scalable technology platform. Weiss is responsible for expanding Fulgent’s reach in molecular…

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Loren H. Brown ’88

Loren H. Brown ’88 joined DLA Piper’s new management team as vice chair of disputes. He is the former global and U.S. co-chair of DLA Piper’s Litigation and Regulatory practice. He joined the firm in 1996 and is based in New York.

Passings

Gregory Charles Warren ’85

Gregory Charles Warren ’85, who helped prisoners and disadvantaged people with drug and alcohol treatment, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Feb. 27 at the University of Maryland Medical Center, according to The Baltimore Sun. He was 58. Born in…

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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…

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Paul Travers ’73

Inspired by his dying father’s dream of hiking the Appalachian Trail, Paul Travers ’73 wrote the new book “Dancing with the Mountains ... Alzheimer’s, Angels, and the Appalachian Trail: A Journey of Spirit.” It chronicles Travers’ thru-hike to raise money…

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Catherine A. Thompson ’14

Catherine A. Thompson ’14 joined Ain & Black as an associate. The law firm specializes in divorce, property division, custody and support issues, business evaluation and business succession. She graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law…

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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.