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Winter 2021

Class Notes

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Passings

Lattice A. Boykin-McKoy Ph.D. ’84

Lattice A. Boykin-McKoy Ph.D. ’84 died on Nov. 21. She was born on March 22, 1926, to the late Rev. L.B. Boykin and Mary Alice Herring. Boykin-McKoy received her registered nurse certification from the Community Hospital in Wilmington, N.C., in 1948, and…

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Margo G. Bailey ’65

Margo G. Bailey ’65, a former mayor of Chestertown, Md., died Sept. 1 at age 76. She was born to Robert William Goggin and Marjorie Russell Goggin, raised in Florida and graduated from Coral Gables High School. She was married to the late Bill Nicholson,…

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Lyndon Brown ’04

Lyndon Brown ’04 was appointed chief strategy officer of Pondurance, an organization that provides managed detection and response services. Previously, Brown served as vice president of business development at FireEye Mandiant, where he focused on…

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Helen Myatt Ferguson Ph.D. ’80

Helen Myatt Ferguson Ph.D. ’80, a resident of Falcons Landing in Potomac Falls, Va., died Dec. 9 at age 95, according to The Baltimore Sun. She was born in Missouri and raised in Hickory Grove, S.C. She graduated from high school at age 16 and…

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John B. Evans ’52

John B. Evans ’52 of Owego, N.Y., died Nov. 26 at age 95. He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and was immediately drafted to serve his country in World War II, where he earned the Bronze Star. On his return, he went to UMD on the GI Bill and…

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Olin S. Davis III ’77

Olin S. Davis III ’77 works at the Choptank Electric Cooperative and was elected to the board of directors of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. NRECA is recognized as one of the most effective lobbying organizations in Washington, D.C.,…

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Robert J. Cadrette ’96

Robert J. Cadrette ’96 died Dec. 5 from complications associated with COVID-19 in Washington, D.C. He earned a degree in criminal justice and criminology at UMD and joined the Charles County Sheriff's Office in 1998. Until 2007, he worked in Patrol…

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John L. Whaley M.A. ’90

John L. Whaley M.A. ’90 died in Wilmington, N.C., due to complications from COVID-19. He was 83. He played football and was team co-captain at High Point High School, graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was accepted into the…