Winter 2021

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$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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Simeon Salzman ’02

Simeon Salzman ’02 was appointed chief financial officer of Marathon Patent Group, one of the largest bitcoin mining companies in North America, a role in which he will oversee all financial activities, including audits, acquisitions, finance and tax and…

Passings

Theresa K. Robinson ’77, ’82

Theresa K. Robinson ’77, ’82 died from ALS on Nov. 27. She was 66. Robinson grew up in Cabin John, Md., with her parents, Kathleen and Patrick, both Irish immigrants, and her siblings Mary, Patrick, Liz and Kathleen. She graduated from the Academy of the…

Passings

John L. Whaley M.A. ’90

John L. Whaley M.A. ’90 died in Wilmington, N.C., due to complications from COVID-19. He was 83. He played football and was team co-captain at High Point High School, graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was accepted into the…

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Carl V. Dreisbach Jr. M.Ed. ’68

Carl V. Dreisbach Jr. M.Ed. ’68 of Elizabethtown, Pa., died Nov. 1 at age 98. He was the eldest child born to Carl Valentine Dreisbach Sr. and Ethel Trout Dreisbach in York, Pa. Dreisbach graduated from William Penn Sr. High then served with the 83rd and…

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Audrey Chang ’84

Audrey Chang ’84 was announced vice president of quality control and analytical services at Vigene Biosciences, an award-winning leader in plasmid and viral vector development and manufacturing. She is the author of more than 15 papers and served as a…

Passings

Mildred F. “Mitzi” Swan ’51

Mildred F. “Mitzi” Swan ’51, who participated in the historic 1948 desegregation of Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park tennis courts, died Sept. 12 at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson, according to The Baltimore Sun. She was 90. The former Mildred…

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Shaun Bierweiler MBA ’14

Shaun Bierweiler MBA ’14 was appointed senior vice president for public sector at Riverbed. Bierweiler most recently served as president of Cloudera Government Solutions and vice president and general manager of public sector at Cloudera. Bierweiler holds…

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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.