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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Tonia Pankopf ’89

Tonia Pankopf ’89 joined the board of 180 Degree Capital Corp., a firm investing in microcapitalization public companies. She has held vice president and senior equity analyst positions at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Pankopf is a…

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Kiandra (Bair) Steffy ’09

Kiandra (Bair) Steffy ’09, an attorney with Saxton & Stump, was appointed to the Lancaster Bar Association’s Board of Directors. She also serves as a board member for the LINK Foundation, which provides monetary grants to local nonprofits, sits on the…

Passings

Carol J. Griffin M.S. ’71

Carol J. Griffin M.S. ’71 of Stephenson, Va., died on Dec. 28. Griffin was born on Oct. 21, 1947, in New Hampshire to Robert and Frances Anderson. She grew up in Wharton, N.J. Griffin graduated from Denison University, where she met her late husband, John…

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Jean N. “Nellie” Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86

Jean N. “Nellie” Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86 was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the U.S. Treasury’s undersecretary for domestic finance. Liang spent almost her entire career as an economist at the Federal Reserve, where she became the founding…

Passings

Edythe Zeck Adams ’50

Edythe Zeck Adams ’50 of Hollywood, Fla., died on Jan. 21 at age 92. Adams was born July 9, 1928, in Washington, D.C. She earned a B.S. in practical arts from UMD, where she met her future husband, Charles B. Adams. They were married in 1950 and lived in…

40s

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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David Vinton Edgarton MBA ’01

David Vinton Edgarton MBA ’01 was added to the board of directors of the American Red Cross of Montana. A retired U.S naval officer, he flew more than 60 carrier-based combat missions in an electronic warfare squadron. He later transitioned to the…

10s

Reneida Leon MBA '11

Reneida Leon MBA '11 is head of product at Startup Space, a platform for entrepreneurship community building. Leon previously led experience innovation teams at companies like Kaplan, WGU and most recently, Kroger. She holds a bachelor's degree in…