Skip site navigation

Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

See all Class Notes from this issue

00s

Andrew Stocking Ph.D. ’09

Andrew Stocking Ph.D. ’09 was appointed CEO of his family-owned company, Principle Business Enterprises. The 60-year-old company was started as a footwear manufacturer, and later expanded to create health care accessories for patients experiencing loss of…

Passings

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…

90s

David Rohall ’97, Ph.D. ’00

David Rohall ’97, Ph.D. ’00 was appointed dean of Ohio University’s Eastern Campus. He comes from Missouri State University, where he was the head of the sociology and anthropology department.

Passings

Rochelle Elizabeth Snee ’69

Rochelle Elizabeth Snee ’69 died Sept. 6 in Seattle. She was born Dec. 6, 1947, in Trenton, N.J., and was a graduate of Dulaney High School in Lutherville-Timonium, Md. She majored in classics at UMD, then earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in classics with a…

Passings

Bradley J. Stranigan MBA ’88

Bradley J. Stranigan MBA ’88 died Nov. 3 at age 61. He was born Dec. 31, 1958, in Jamestown, N.Y., to Gale E. Stranigan and the late Carol Raffa Barone. He was a 1976 graduate of Jamestown High School and received his degree in finance from the University…

00s

Adena Varner ’08

Adena Varner ’08 was appointed director of learning and community engagement at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Varner previously worked at Baltimore Center Stage as the director of learning and social accountability and the director of education. She…

Passings

Brewster Chamberlin ’66, Ph.D. ’72

Brewster Chamberlin ’66, Ph.D. ’72, a writer and historian, died at the age of 81 on Nov. 12 in Key West, Fla., his home since 2001. After completing work on a Ph.D. in modern European history, Chamberlin became known for the seminal German-American…

Passings

John R. "Jay" McKenna Jr. ’70

John R. "Jay" McKenna Jr. ’70 of Annapolis, Md., a former development specialist at the World Bank and Green Beret, died Nov. 5. McKenna was born in 1944, in Oakland, Calif., where his parents, Lt. Cmdr. John R. McKenna and Mary C. McKenna, were stationed…