Winter 2014

Features

D.C.’s Mixtress of the Night

Features

The Fearless Ones

In Brief

Ask Anne

Campus Life

Food for Thought

In Brief

Brett Egan (left) and Michael Kaiser. Photo by John T. Consoli

Famed Arts Management Institute Moving to UMD

Class Act

Q&A With a Craft Brewer

Innovation

He’s Big in India

Innovation

Tour the New Physical Sciences Complex

Campus Life

Power From Down Under

In Brief

Best Actor in a Supportive Role

Class Act

Savory Success

Campus Life

Remembering “That Guy”

Class Act

Merch Madness

Parting Shot

What Did the Bishop Have for Dinner?

Class Act

Maryland Day Goes Global

Innovation

A Short but Fruitful Partnership

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Kathy A. McGovern ’78

Kathy A. McGovern ’78, a medical researcher and teacher in Arizona, died Dec. 1 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She was 55. The cause was complications from a stroke eight years earlier, The Washington Post reported. She was a 1975 graduate…

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Jordan Raanan ’01

Jordan Raanan ’01 is now covering the New York Giants for NJ.com. He previously spent eight years covering the Philadelphia Eagles and the NFL, and broke stories including the hiring of Eagles general manager Howie Roseman and a season-ending knee injury…

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Lyn J. Mundey ’05

Lyn J. Mundey ’05 has been appointed to the board of education for Prince George’s County Public Schools. She visited all 21 schools that she represents in six days. Mundey had been an active PTA parent, and she works as a management analyst in the…

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John Graves ’77

John Graves ’77, owner of the software company NetComm Inc. in Rockville, Md., and married grandfather of five, has signed up for a coveted flight into space on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo later this year. “After meeting (Virgin founder) Richard…

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Lester Brown M.S. ’59

In “Breaking New Ground: a Personal History,” Lester Brown M.S. ’59, founder of the Worldwatch and Earth Policy Institutes, traces his life from his childhood on a small farm to his leadership on global environmental issues.

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David Rensin ’94

David Rensin ’94 has joined the Novitas Group as senior vice president for products. He comes from Amazon Web Services, where he was working to bring public cloud infrastructure to the U.S. intelligence community and was named “Most Valuable Amazonian” in…

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Julie Baughman ’12

Julie Baughman ’12 joined the staff of the Independent Record in Helena, Mt., as the cops and courts reporter.

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Corey Powell ’05, M.Arch. ’07

Corey Powell ’05, M.Arch. ’07 has been named one of Affordable Housing Finance’s 2013 Young Leaders, one of only seven individuals nationwide to receive that honor. He is a senior development manager at Enterprise Homes, overseeing all aspects of the…