Winter 2021

Campus Life

$6.8M Gift Follows Unlikely Family Connection

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Grand Challenges Central

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A New Age in Physics

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Women’s Studies Named for Civil Rights Icon

Where Wood Gets Weird

Taken to Extremes

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Trading Touchdowns for Tangos

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Archiving Astronomical Achievements

Don’t Take the (Click)bait

Research Asks: Can Robots Get Us to Follow COVID Safety Rules?

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Fearsome Fabrications

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For Terp Fans, an Instant (Fall) Classic

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Spring 2021: Virtually the Same Experience as Fall

‘Smart Bra’ Could Provide Speedy, Early Warning of Cancer

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Photographing the Unseen

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50 Seasons of Netting Success

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Eugene “Gene” L. Kibbe Jr. ’56

Eugene “Gene” L. Kibbe Jr. ’56 died in Towson, Md., Nov. 9 at age 87. Born in Philadelphia to Mary and Eugene L. Kibbe Sr., he attended Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Towson High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration…

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Lindy Ford ’92

Lindy Ford ’92 was a finalist for the Women to Watch Awards-Health for Wilmington’s Successful Women. She is the president of Lindy Ford Nutrition & Wellness and a registered dietitian and nutritionist.

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James F. Beck ’63

James F. Beck ’63 died Sept. 21 at age 80. He was born in Kyser, W.Va., a son of Charles and Beulah Beck. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in chemical engineering and began his professional career with DuPont in Belle, W.Va. He…

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Kathryn R. Overton ’68

Kathryn R. Overton ’68 died Dec. 5 at her home in Manchester, Pa. She was 74. Overton was born to the late Doris W.E. and Charles P. Reichel and graduated from UMD with high honors; she was also in the Tau Mu Epsilon Fraternity. In 1975, she earned a J.D.…

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Theresa M. Meinert ’82

Theresa M. Meinert ’82 of Leonardtown, Md., died Oct. 15 at age 60. She was born to Alfred G. Asero and Dolores (Candelieri) Asero on March 25, 1960, in Washington, D.C. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education from UMD and spent several years at…

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Michael Burch ’04

Michael Burch ’04 was promoted to vice president of network solutions at Nave Communication, a segment of ADDvantage Technologies Group. He began his career at the company in 2004 as an assistant to the vice president of sales.

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Elene Laurie Aiken ’87

Elene Laurie Aiken ’87 died Dec. 20 in Oldsmar, Fla., at age 56. The daughter of Carol and Gil Davis and the late Bernard Samuel Aiken, she graduated from UMD with a degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s in business from the University of…

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Moise Fokou ’08

Moise Fokou ’08, chief operating officer of Chasen Companies, was named a 2020 Baltimore Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree.