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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Brian Curtin ’82

Brian Curtin ’82 was named to the Orlando Business Journal’s 2020 CEOs of the Year. He is the president, CEO and chairman of Melbourne-based BRPH Architects Engineers. He led the company to invest in infrastructure for all of its team members to work…

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Douglas S. Mintz ’95

Douglas S. Mintz ’95 was named a partner and co-chair of the business reorganization group at Schulte Roth & Zabel, a law firm serving the financial services industry. He holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia.

Passings

John C. Hoffsommer M.S. ’60

John C. Hoffsommer M.S. ’60, a chemist, pianist and longtime resident of Montgomery County, Md., died Nov. 25. He was 88. The son of Ruth Andrews Hoffsommer and Harold Charles Hoffsommer, he graduated from McKinley Technology High School and received a…

Passings

Jennings F. Worley III ’90

Jennings F. Worley III ’90 of Carlsbad, Calif., died Nov. 28 at age 62. He grew up in Forestville, Md., and after graduating from UMD, he pursued his studies in molecular biology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, achieving a doctorate in…

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Gabriel Escobar ’83

Gabriel Escobar ’83 was named top editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is responsible for the news operation as it chronicles life across one of the country’s largest metropolitan areas during a period of historic disruption and profound change.

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Jin Kang ’86

Jin Kang ’86 joined the McDaniel College board of trustees. He is president and chief executive officer of WidePoint Corporation and serves as a director of the company. He is also the founder of WidePoint Integrated Solutions Corp. and served as its…

Passings

George B. Springston Jr. ’51

George B. Springston Jr. ’51 died of complications from COVID-19 on Dec. 19 in Olney, Md. He was 93. Springston attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and Hargrave Military Academy, then immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces, and was…

60s

Chickie Grayson ’69, M.A. ’72

Chickie Grayson ’69, M.A. ’72 of Enterprise Homes was announced a 2020 Icon Honors award winner by The Daily Record. The award recognizes leaders across Maryland in business, law, politics and nonprofits who are over the age of 60.