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Class Notes

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Passings

Vernon H. Walker ’50

Vernon H. Walker ’50, a retired Westinghouse Electric Corp. engineer and a World War II veteran, died Sept. 25 of cancer at Brightview Severna Park. The former longtime Catonsville resident was 94. The son of Robert Hamilton Walker and Doris Wagner Walker…

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Donald Zentz Koons M.Ed. ’54, Ed.D.’63

Donald Zentz Koons M.Ed. ’54, Ed.D.’63 of Gainesville, Fla. died Dec. 28. Born July 22, 1928, in Frederick, Md, he was the son of the late Clyde O. Koons and Beatrice (Koons) Kelly and was a resident of Frederick for 76 years. Koons received a bachelor's…

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Namita Dhallan ’89

Namita Dhallan ’89 was promoted to chief product officer at the video platform Brightcove. She previously advised its global services team.

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Craig Donoff ’71

Craig Donoff ’71, a South Florida tax and estate attorney, died at his Miami home on Dec. 26 of lung cancer, four days after turning 71. Donoff was born in Miami and graduated from the University of Maryland with a business degree and from the American…

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Dorothea “Dorothy” M. Chrismer ’74

Dorothea “Dorothy” M. Chrismer ’74, a longtime University of Maryland employee, died Oct. 5 at age 68. She was born on April 17, 1952, to Carol Dean Shifflett and Elizabeth May (Gussio) Shifflett in Washington, D.C. She was raised in Greenbelt, Md., and…

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Scott Goldstein ’05

Scott Goldstein ’05 was named chief of communications and policy of Downtown Dallas.

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Jim Rallo MBA ’95

Jim Rallo MBA ’95 has joined Xometry, a digital manufacturing marketplace, as chief financial officer.

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Fred Wright Hopkins Jr. M.Ed. ’64, Ph.D. ’69

Fred Wright Hopkins Jr. M.Ed. ’64, Ph.D. ’69, a longtime resident of Linthicum, Md., died Dec. 21 at Glen Burnie Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Nov. 19, 1935, to the late Fred W. Hopkins Sr. and Margaret Helena…