Winter 2014

Features

Imprint on History

Innovation

Monroe’s Doctrine

In Brief

Illustration Courtesy Of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Spacecraft Goes AWOL, but Leaves “Deep Impact”

Campus Life

Digging It

Class Act

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

Engineering a Better Beer

Class Act

The Power of Artivism

In Brief

Smoke Detectors

UMD Launches Language Center

Innovation

Waste Not

Campus Life

A LEAP Forward

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Chris Malone ’86

Chris Malone ’86, with Susan T. Fisk, wrote “The Human Brand: How We Relate to People, Products and Companies,” a book suggesting that customers choose companies and brands on the basis of their warmth and competence. He is managing partner of Fidelum…

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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…

80s

Bruce R. Gourley M.A. ’85

In his new novel “Ephemera: The Civil War Papers of Private James Bruckner,” Bruce R. Gourley M.A. ’85 explores the harrowing psychological and spiritual journey of a North Carolina Confederate soldier from naïve volunteer to traumatized veteran of the…

80s

Sharon-Frances Moore ’89

Sharon-Frances Moore ’89 writes: As an alumna with a degree in American history, I always enjoy hearing older alumni’s memories of the university. Recently while attending a Terp Town pre-football game reception with my former college roommate Robin…

10s

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…

Passings

James Patrick Leer ’76

James Patrick Leer ’76, a disc jockey, road manager for touring bands and volunteer, died Nov. 12 at his Mechanicsburg, Pa., home. He was 62. Leer was employed by Bristol Sounds Co. as a radio disc jockey for a popular station in the D.C. metro area for…

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Ana Maria Rey Ph.D. ’04

Atomic physicist Ana Maria Rey Ph.D. ’04 won a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize commonly known as the Genius Grant. Rey is an assistant research professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder and a fellow of the Joint Institute for Laboratory…

Passings

Stephen K. Myers ’76

Stephen K. Myers ’76, a retired deputy director of facilities and administrative services in the Justice Department’s management division, died Oct. 3 at his home in Frederick, Md., according to The Washington Post. He was 59. A graduate of John F.…