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Winter 2020

Class Notes

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80s

Allen Wainger M.S. '81

Allen Wainger M.S. '81 joined the project management team of AXIS GeoSpatial. He comes from Michael Baker International, where he was directly responsible for growing a GIT Services and information systems department in the federal and state sectors.…

Passings

John Joseph Gallagher Jr. '71

John Joseph Gallagher Jr. '71 died Dec. 26 at his home in Lexington Park, Md. He was 75. He was born in Philadelphia on Oct. 13, 1944, to John Joseph Gallagher and Marion Rosalie Bonner Gallagher. He enlisted in the Navy after high school and served as an…

Passings

Charles M. Shub '67, M.S. '68

Charles M. Shub '67, M.S. '68 died Nov. 20. Shub was born on Feb. 11, 1941, to George Joseph and Ruth Marcelle Shub in New York. He was the oldest of three children. Shub started his collegiate career at Cornell University. Before graduation, he joined…

10s

Tiffany Burba '14

Tiffany Burba '14 was appointed to serve as a board member for the Friends of the City of Raleigh Museum. Burba is an associate at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, where she helps clients negotiate technology contracts and protect their intellectual…

90s

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.

90s

Austin Smith '99

Austin Smith '99 joined Houlihan Lokey, the global investment bank, as vice president in the health care group. Smith came from JMP Securities, where he advised health care clients on M&A, recapitalizations and growth equity investments. Smith holds…

90s

Pamela J. Suzadail '97

Pamela J. Suzadail '97 was named associate dean and executive director for online learning at the College of William and Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Suzadail is an alumna of UMD and Syracuse University.

Passings

Keir K. Lyles '97

Keir K. Lyles '97 died Oct. 3 at the age of 45. Lyles was born on Sept. 20, 1974, in Birmingham, Ala., to Louis V. Lyles and Cynthia Patterson Lyles. He was baptized at Sardis Baptist Church at 12 and became Catholic in 2018. In 1988, his family moved to…