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Winter 2020

Class Notes

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Passings

Christine Rohrer Doub '53

Christine Rohrer Doub '53 died Nov. 12 at her Hagerstown, Md., home at age 87. Born Dec. 21, 1931, in Hagerstown, she was a daughter of the late Ralph Brown and Ella Ray Whittington Rohrer. Doub was a retired school teacher with the Washington County…

80s

David Kessler '85

David Kessler '85 was elected CEO of CohnReznick LLP and will assume the role on Feb. 1. Kessler is currently the managing partner for the real estate practice and a member of the executive board; he led CohnReznick’s commercial real estate practice for…

10s

Diana Zhong '11 M.D.

Diana Zhong '11 M.D. married Benjamin Morgan on Nov. 15 on the 41st-floor rooftop lounge of the Cirrus apartments in Seattle, according to The New York Times. Zhong is a hospital medicine physician at the University of Washington Medical Center. She…

00s

Danielle Dumerer M.L.S. '02

Danielle Dumerer M.L.S. '02 is vice president of technology at the Chicago-based Shedd Aquarium. She was previously the city of Chicago’s CIO and commissioner.

00s

Meletios Roussis '08

Meletios Roussis '08 was appointed business development manager for pharmaceutical development services at Smithers, a provider of testing, consulting, information and compliance services. Roussis obtained a master’s degree in biotechnology from Johns…

Passings

Phyllis Marian Skinner Johnson '44

Phyllis Marian Skinner Johnson '44 died Nov. 25 at age 95. A Calvert County native, Johnson was born on March 21, 1924, in Port Republic. Johnson graduated from Calvert County High School in 1941 at the age of 17. She received a Maryland State Senatorial…

10s

Alex Davidson '15

Alex Davidson '15 was named director of media relations for the Beer Institute, one of the nation’s oldest trade associations representing America’s brewers, beer importers and industry suppliers. Davidson most recently worked for U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell…

90s

Leslie Shoemaker Ph.D. '90

Leslie Shoemaker Ph.D. '90 was promoted to president of Tetra Tech, where she has worked for 28 years. She was most recently executive vice president and business segment president. She earned her Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from UMD, a master’s of…