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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Nancy Gray Waller ’53

Nancy Gray Waller ’53, a retired Baltimore County Public Schools kindergarten teacher, died of COVID-19 on Dec. 8 at Bonnie Blink, the Maryland Masonic Home in Hunt Valley, according to The Baltimore Sun. She was 89. The daughter of Dr. James King Gray…

Passings

John N. Connelly ’51

John N. Connelly ’51 of Siesta Key, Fla., died at the age of 93 on Oct. 29. He was born in Braintree, Mass., to John and Eva Connelly. He served in the U.S. Navy stationed in Japan and worked for New England Bell. He was known for his love of music. He…

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Richard I. Simon Ph.D. ’77

Richard I. Simon Ph.D. ’77 died Nov. 10 at age 71. Born in the Bronx, Simon studied English at the University of Rochester and earned a Ph.D. in psychology from UMD. After a brief stint as a clinical psychologist, he drew upon his writing, editing,…

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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…

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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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Anthony Sartori ’18

Anthony Sartori ’18 was named to DC Inno’s 2020 25 Under 25. He is the founder of Evolving Minds, a mental health nonprofit launched in 2019. The nonprofit’s eight-week professional development program, which aims to improve psychological well-being and…

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Jane Ann Stockdale Ph.D. ’72

Jane Ann Stockdale Ph.D. ’72 died Dec. 16 at St. Andrew's Village, Ind. She was 81. She was born July 7, 1939, to the late Eleanor “Janie" (Weiss) and James Merrill Stockdale. She graduated from Punxsutawney High School and received her bachelor's and…

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Carmala Garzione ’94

Carmala Garzione ’94, an associate provost for faculty affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology, received the 2020 William R. Dickinson Medal from the Society of Sedimentary Geology, in recognition of her contributions to orogenic history and…