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Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Richard T. Bracken '61

Richard T. Bracken '61, a retired sales and marketing executive, died Oct. 17 of complications from dementia at St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Baltimore. The longtime Catonsville resident was 84. He was born to Thomas Bracken, a…

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…

80s

Jose Antonio Tijerino '88

Jose Antonio Tijerino '88 was named to the board of directors of the University System of Maryland. Tijerino is president and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and executive producer of the Hispanic Heritage Awards at the Kennedy Center.

Passings

Oliver Slater “Ollie” Travers Jr. '49

Oliver Slater “Ollie” Travers Jr. '49, a business executive whose holdings included wheelbarrow manufacturing and who co-founded a charitable foundation to aid Baltimore’s poor and other causes, died of leukemia Oct. 23 at Gilchrist Hospice Towson. He was…

00s

Mike Aziz '03

Mike Aziz '03 AIA, LEED AP was elevated to partner at Cooper Robertson. He is an expert on large-scale planning efforts, smart city strategies and waterfront revitalization. Aziz serves on several advisory groups focused on waterfront planning, water…

60s

Jene Highstein '63

An author of a would-be biography of the late New York City sculptor and draftsman Jene Highstein '63 is seeking information about him. Highstein commuted to class from Baltimore to pursue a degree in philosophy and does not appear in college newspapers…

Passings

John P. Spicer M.Ed. '62

John P. Spicer M.Ed. '62, of Waldorf, Md., formerly of Forestville, died Oct. 18 at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Charlotte Hall, Md. He was 89. Born on April 7, 1930, to Mary Agnes Murphy Spicer and Benjamin Franklin Spicer, he was raised in…

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Ann McCallum Staats M.Ed. '96

Ann McCallum Staats M.Ed. '96 is the author of “Women Heroes of the U.S. Army,” published by Chicago Review Press. The book highlights the courageous, gender-defying role of 14 women soldiers—legal and not—throughout our nation’s history.