Winter 2020

Class Act

Found in Space

Cloudy With a Chance of Microbes

Tackling Parental ADHD to Help Kids

Class Act

Alumni Association News

The Big Question

Campus Life

A Home for the Public Good

Information Pump

Campus Life

Diamondback to End Century-plus Print Run, Take All-Digital Approach

Campus Life

Room(s) to Grow

The Page Turner

Tunnel Vision

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Walt Gragg '77

Walt Gragg '77 is the author of "The Chosen One," a novel about the fight between a fundamentalist Islamic army and allied forces led by the American military. Gragg is an attorney, former state prosecutor and a Vietnam veteran whose first book was "The…

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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.

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Mark Williams MBA '07

Mark Williams MBA '07 was named CEO of Magna Legal Services. Williams holds a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, a master’s degree in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a B.A. in political…

Passings

Carol Lynn Wilson '75

Carol Lynn Wilson '75 died Dec. 17 at her home in Mt. Airy, Md. She was 69. Born April 7, 1950, in Minneapolis, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Ester Struxness Magladry. Wilson majored in dance at UMD, then taught dance at McDaniel College in…

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Robert Richards MBA '06

Robert Richards MBA '06 is a 2019 Washington Business Journal C-Suite Award honoree. He is the chief financial officer at Centauri.

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Michael Martirano '81, M.Ed. '92

Michael Martirano '81, M.Ed. '92 was recognized by The Daily Record as one of 2019’s most admired CEOs. He is CEO of the Howard County Public School System.

Passings

George J. Laurer '51

George J. Laurer '51, a groundbreaking electrical engineer and inventor of the Universal Product Code (UPC), died at his home in Wendell, N.C., on Dec. 5 at age 94. Born in New York City, Laurer tinkered with radios and model airplanes from a young age,…

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Larry Clark '75

Larry Clark '75 was a winner of the 2019 Presidential Rank Award, the highest award bestowed on civilian federal employees for exceptional long-term accomplishments. He is director of the APHIS-Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research Center in Fort…