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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Derrick Weatherspoon ’05

Derrick Weatherspoon ’05 was promoted to managing director of IMB Partners, a private equity firm focused on lower-middle market companies serving government agencies and electric and gas utilities. Weatherspoon joined IMB in 2020 and previously served as…

Passings

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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Dr. Robert A. Gagne ’53

Dr. Robert A. Gagne ’53 of Middlebury, Conn., died on Jan. 24 at age 89. He was born in Waterbury, Conn., and received his dental degree from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Gagne practiced dentistry for 45 years, and was president of the Dental…

Passings

Charles L. Zipp ’65

Charles L. Zipp ’65 died at age 78 on Feb. 19 after a long illness. He was born in Baltimore and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity at UMD. His interests included reading, watching science fiction, biking and playing tennis. He is survived by his wife,…

Passings

Theodore C. Papaloizos ’65

Theodore C. Papaloizos ’65, foremost educator of the Modern Greek language, died on Feb. 3 at age 97. Born in Cairo to Cypriot refugees, he immigrated to the United States in 1946 with his first wife, Angela Manganas, where he was hired to teach Greek in…

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Dr. Corey Booker ’99

Dr. Corey Booker ’99 joined the board of directors at Oklahoma City’s Mammoth Energy Services. He is the founder and CEO at OnPulse, a health care management services company. Booker practiced medicine as a maternal fetal specialist at Duke University…

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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…

Passings

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…