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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Jaimee Holmes '07

Jaimee Holmes '07 was a recipient of the Daily Record 2019 Leading Women Award. She is a lawyer in private practice. Prior to opening her own practice, Holmes interned in the Charles County Office of the Public Defender.

Passings

Dolores Maletzky '52

Dolores Maletzky '52 of Hagerstown, Md., died on Dec. 13. Born April 7, 1930, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Harold T. and Gladys Moss Hambright. She was a graduate of Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., and UMD, where…

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Guy J. Guzzone '86, MPM '88

Guy J. Guzzone '86, MPM '88 replaced state Sen. Nancy J. King as head of the Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. Guzzone, who represents Howard County, is in his second term in the Senate. He previously served eight years in the House of…

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Karen Pallotta MBA '90

Karen Pallotta MBA '90 was appointed to the board of directors of Stewart Information Services. She retired in 2011 from Fannie Mae as executive vice president, single-family mortgage business. Pallotta most recently served as president of KRP Advisory…

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Alicia O'Brien '97

Alicia O'Brien '97 joined King & Spalding as a partner in its government matters practice group in Washington, D.C. She was previously a partner in the Washington office of Venable. Prior to private practice, O’Brien held senior positions at the U.S.…

Passings

David P. Seyler '78

David P. Seyler '78 of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., died at his home on Oct. 30 at age 64. He was born on Nov. 25, 1954, in Lock Haven, Pa., and grew up in Clinton, Md. Seyler graduated from Surrattsville High School in Surrattsville, Md. After completing his…

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,…

10s

Arthur Moses '17

Arthur Moses '17 was a winner of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research 2019 Next Generation Fellowships in the public policy fellowship. The program supports graduate students from underrepresented communities in their careers as Earth…