Winter 2014

Features

February 07, 2014

Rising business owner shakes up scene by creating drinkable art

Features

February 07, 2014

Can Art Change the World?

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Questions for Anne Turkos, the university archivist

Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

New course teaches students the not-so-sweet details of their diets

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

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Class Act

February 07, 2014

Jaime Jurado ’83 offers his insights on the growth of craft beer, home brewing and how you can get into the field.

Innovation

February 07, 2014

Computer Scientist Arnab Ray’s Double Life as a Popular Blogger

Innovation

February 07, 2014

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

Elite Australian Gymnast Brings World-class Talent to UMD Squad

In Brief

February 07, 2014

Class Act

February 07, 2014

Founder of Kids’ Snack Company Fills Need, and Tummies

Campus Life

February 07, 2014

Scholarship Honors Pillar of D.C. Music Scene

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February 07, 2014

Student’s Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Plant Evolution—and a Civil War Tragedy

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…

90s

Tom Schniedwind ’91

The League for People with Disabilities has named Tom Schniedwind ’91 vice president of marketing and development. He worked most recently as an area executive director for the American Cancer Society, preceded by his role as executive vice president of…

80s

Joe Yasharoff ’87

Comcast SportsNet’s Joe Yasharoff ’87 was inducted into the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Sports Hall of Fame Nov. 23. He began his television career at Channel 5/WTTG in Washington, D.C., in 1986, working there for almost 15 years as…

00s

Patrick Maggitti Ph.D. ’06

Patrick Maggitti Ph.D. ’06, the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova University School of Business (VSB), has been named a member of the board of trustees at Sacred Heart University. In addition to his role as dean, Maggitti is an associate…

Passings

John F. Leitzel ’50

John F. Leitzel ’50, a retired insurance broker and agency owner, died of heart failure Dec. 21 at the Joseph Richey Hospice in downtown Baltimore, The Baltimore Sun reported. The Dundalk resident was 95. Leitzel was a 1935 graduate of Sparrows Point High…

70s

Daniel Robert Anderson ’76

Daniel Robert Anderson ’76 and Gregory Joseph Melanson were married Nov. 9 at the Mansion on O Street, a hotel in Washington. Anderson has a law degree from the University of Baltimore and a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard and is a…

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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…

Passings

Grace S. Rand ’68

Grace S. Rand ’68, a retired Baltimore County public school librarian and former Reisterstown resident, died Dec. 16 of congestive heart failure at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster. She was 94. Born in Baltimore and raised in Sparrows Point, she…