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Spring 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Naina Soni ’13 and Dr. Joshua Thompson ’13

Naina Soni ’13 and Dr. Joshua Thompson ’13 married on Feb. 4 at Tranquility Farm in Purcellville, Va. Soni is a litigation associate at Cooley and Thompson is an otolaryngology resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

90s

Kiati Plooksawasdi ’98

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

60s

Ronald Attman ’68

Ronald Attman ’68, who founded Acme Paper and Supply Co. in Savage, Md., was a winner of The Baltimore Business Journal’s Family-Owned Business Awards 2021.

Passings

R. Scott Beard M.M. ’90, DMA ’96

R. Scott Beard M.M. ’90, DMA ’96, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Shepherd University and a nationally recognized pianist, teacher, clinician, author and recording artist, died on March 28. He was born Aug. 24, 1964, in Richmond,…

Passings

Dr. William Falls Jr. ’55

Dr. William Falls Jr. ’55 of Richmond, Va., died on April 29 at age 87. He was born on June 22, 1933, in Washington, D.C., to the late Dr. William Franklin Falls Sr. and Elizabeth Westbrook McGowen Falls. Falls received his undergraduate degree in zoology…

80s

Jean Parker ’82

Jean Parker ’82, general manager of Merriweather Post Pavilion, was the recipient of the Daily Record 2021 Maryland’s Top 100 Women Award.

Passings

Charles B. Tuley Jr. ’51

Charles B. Tuley Jr. ’51 of Towson, Md., died on Dec. 1 at age 93. He studied ornamental horticulture at UMD. Upon graduation, he worked for several nurseries selling landscape material and creating landscape designs. He is preceded in death by his wife,…

Passings

Julia Redding Bryant Ph.D. ’88

Julia Redding Bryant Ph.D. ’88 of Wallace, N.C., died on April 9 at age 73. She was the oldest child born to the late Charles McArthur Redding and the late Geneva Jones Redding in Durham, N.C. She graduated from Hillside High School and earned her…