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Katie Pandolfini ’08

Katie Pandolfini ’08 joined the Los Angeles office of law firm Blank Rome LLP in its matrimonial and family law group. Pandolfini joins the firm from Garr Silpe P.C., a family law boutique. She earned her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law…

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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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Leigh Alan Hurst ’72

Leigh Alan Hurst ’72 of Novato, Calif. died on Jan. 22 of cardiac failure. He was 70. He was born in Cheverly, Md., to Robert William Hurst and Doris Lee (Smith) Hurst. After UMD, he completed his postgraduate studies in zoology at the University 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.

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Kiati Plooksawasdi ’98

Kiati Plooksawasdi ’98 was added to the Olney Theatre Center’s Board of Trustees.

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Rick Buskirk ’98

Rick Buskirk ’98 was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of Laureate Education. Buskirk was previously senior vice president of corporate development. Prior to joining Laureate in 2015, Buskirk was a CPA with EY and an investment…

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John Riedmaier M.S. ’64

John Riedmaier M.S. ’64 of Wisconsin died at age 85 on Jan. 21. Riedmaier earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1957 and a master’s degree in chemistry from UMD. Riedmaier retired from Aldrich Chemical…

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Ronald John Smetanick M.Ed. ’71

Ronald John Smetanick M.Ed. ’71 died in his Rainbow Lake, N.Y., home on April 17. He was 79. Ron was the first child born to John and Irene Smetanick on Jan. 9, 1942, in Tarentum, Pa. He graduated from New Kensington High School and received a bachelor’s…