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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90s

Jackie Clarke ’98

Jackie Clarke ’98, CPA, was recently named manager of the audit department at McQuadeBrennan LLP. She previously served as controller and chief financial officer of various national not-for-profit organizations.

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Emily Faye Felderman ’08

Emily Faye Felderman ’08 and Jason Garrett Raxenberg ’08 were married Dec. 7 at Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, N.Y. She received her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and is a lawyer at the New York City…

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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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Jason Newton ’00

Jason Newton ’00, a Baltimore native and former anchorman at WISN-TV in Milwaukee, has joined WBAL to take on co-anchoring duties at 5, 6 and 7 a.m. weekdays.

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Dave Melson ’01

Dave Melson ’01, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, was selected to serve as the command judge advocate for the USS George Washington, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan.

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J. Ross Burhouse M.S. ’01

J. Ross Burhouse M.S. ’01, PE, has been promoted to associate in the Fairfax, Va., office of Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm. He has more than 15 years of experience as a structural engineer with a focus in the design and analysis of…

Passings

Van Court Wilkins ’59, M.B.A. ’62

Van Court Wilkins ’59, M.B.A. ’62, a retired Army colonel and veteran of World War II and the Korean War, died Dec. 23 at a hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va., of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to The Washington Post. He was 87. Wilkins was…

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Ryan Spiegel ’00

Ryan Spiegel ’00 has joined the law firm of Paley Rothman as a member of the litigation, commercial transactions and government contracts practice groups. He spent the past decade in the D.C. office of Winston & Strawn, and he graduated from Stanford…