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Spring 2025

Post-Grad couple and two kids wearing Maryland gear at Testudo statue

Alumni Association News

Love of a Lifetime; 5 Reasons to Join Now

Post-Grad mom and daughter look at dinosaur at museum

‘Jurassic Park,’ a Little More Real

At New Dinosaur Museum Led by Paleontologist Alum, Visitors Can Dig In

Post-Grad man leads class beating drum

Beating the Drum for Brain Benefits

Alum’s Rhythmic Fitness Regime Exercises Body and Mind

Post-Grad Maia Shanklin Roberts portrait with images of Barry Farm

Building on a Legacy

Alum Strives to Help Residents Reclaim Vibrant Black Community in Redeveloped Barry Farm

Post-Grad students form pyramid

A Towering Terp Achievement

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History

Parting Shot overhead view of women's basketball game on red court with Big Ten logo

Sweet Success

Women’s, Men’s Basketball Teams Advanced to Sweet 16 Together for First Time

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Nancy Elizabeth Payne ’77

Nancy Elizabeth Payne ’77 died on April 25, 2025. Born in Baltimore, and raised in College Park, she earned an accounting degree at UMD, then began a lifelong career with the IRS. Payne was devoted to her family; her home was the center of family…
Kiran Mulgund

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Kiran Mulgund ’03

Kiran Mulgund ’03 joined the board of trustees of the Montclair Inn, a retirement community in Montclair, N.J. Mulgund is the owner and executive director of CareBuilders at Home of West Essex, N.J., which provides home health aide services to seniors,…
Dan Taylor

10s

Dan Taylor MCP ’13

Dan Taylor MCP ’13 will become president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore at the end of June. Taylor has spent 12 years at the Baltimore Development Corp., where he serves as vice president of business and neighborhood development. He graduated…
Louis C. Gasbarre

Passings

Louis C. Gasbarre M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’78

Louis C. Gasbarre M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’78 of Boerne, Texas, died on April 11, 2025, at age 76. He grew up in western Pennsylvania and graduated from Ridgway High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He served in the Navy as a corpsman and earned a…

90s

Raul Fernandez ’90

Raul Fernandez ’90 was named to the 2025 Virginia Business Power 50 list of Virginia’s 50 most powerful executives. He is president and CEO of Fortune 500 IT services and consulting company DXC Technology.
Clark Patrick Campbell

Passings

Clark Patrick Campbell ’92

Clark Patrick Campbell ’92, of Ashburn and Great Falls, Va., and Highland Park, Ill., died on Feb. 23, 2025 after a long battle with heart and liver issues. He was 56. Born in Santa Monica, Calif., Campbell was a proud graduate of UMD, where he was a…
Karen Hollinger Kamenitzer

Passings

Karen Hollinger Kamenitzer MBA ’79

Karen Hollinger Kamenitzer MBA ’79 of Smithfield, Va., died on April 27, 2025, at age 70 after a battle with aggressive metastatic cancer. She earned her B.A. from Douglass College and later her MBA from UMD. She spent her professional life as a business…
Howard A. Janet

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Howard A. Janet ’76

Howard A. Janet ’76, managing principal at Maryland-based law firm Janet, Janet & Suggs, was recognized by Lawdragon as among the 500 top leading plaintiff consumer lawyers for 2025. In addition, Janet was recently honored by The Daily Record and the…