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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Passings

Geoffrey E. Harrison ’79

Geoffrey E. Harrison ’79 of Savannah, Ga., died on Feb. 12 after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born in London on May 24, 1953, to Gwendoline Marie Gibbs Harrison and Leo Peter Harrison. He and his sister, Louise, joined their mother in Maryland…

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Kevin Burris ’03

Kevin Burris ’03 was appointed to the senior staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, serving as its primary liaison to members of Congress, other federal agencies and state governments. He joined the SEC from the U.S. House Committee on…

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Lydia Hu ’06

Lydia Hu ’06 joined Fox Business Network as a New York-based correspondent. Hu came from NY1, where she was a general assignment reporter and enterprise storyteller. Most recently, she covered the plight of New York City hospitals and their workers…

80s

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.

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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.…

Passings

Barry Schwartz M.A. ’64

Barry Schwartz M.A. ’64 of Athens, Ga., died on Jan. 6 at age 82. He was a celebrated sociologist who earned a bachelor’s degree from Temple University and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Schwartz was a professor at the University of Chicago…

Passings

Gerald E. Hartdagen ’57

Gerald E. Hartdagen ’57 died on March 1 at his York, Pa., home at age 89. He was born in Thurmont, Md. to the late Frances E. Orendorff. He graduated from Thurmont High School in 1948, and was a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Korean War. Hartdagen…

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Kathleen H. Hicks MPM ’93

Kathleen H. Hicks MPM ’93 was sworn in as the U.S. deputy secretary of defense. She started her career at the Pentagon as a management intern in 1993, and was most recently senior vice president and Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Center for Strategic and…