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Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

J. Richard Lewis Ph.D. ’75

J. Richard Lewis Ph.D. ’75 died Nov. 11. He was born on Feb. 29, 1936, to Sirmon Green Lewis and Mary Myrtle Gregory in Camilla, Ga., and the family settled in Bagdad, Fla., before World War II. He graduated from Milton High School, Mercer University and…

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George W. Ware M.A. ’79

George W. Ware M.A. ’79 died Oct. 25 after a long illness. Ware was born on Dec. 28, 1949, in Boston. He attended Assumption Prep in Worcester, Mass., and Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Wheaton, Md. He earned a B.A. in history at Holy Cross…

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Arlene Shapiro Wiseth M.A. ’92

Arlene Shapiro Wiseth M.A. ’92 died suddenly of natural causes on Dec. 11 at WellSpan Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. She was 79. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Charles J. Shapiro and Reveira (Bloom) Shapiro and graduated from Penn Hall Preparatory…

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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.

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W. Edward Townsend ’87

W. Edward Townsend ’87 was named vice president and senior relationship manager of the Bank of Delmarva. Townsend comes to the bank with over 33 years of experience as a commercial relationship manager on the Eastern Shore.

Passings

John B. Evans ’52

John B. Evans ’52 of Owego, N.Y., died Nov. 26 at age 95. He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and was immediately drafted to serve his country in World War II, where he earned the Bronze Star. On his return, he went to UMD on the GI Bill and…

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Robert E. “Robin” Farnell III ’56

Robert E. “Robin” Farnell III ’56 of Vienna, Md., died Dec. 30 at Mallard Bay Care Center at age 86. He was born in Cambridge on July 20, 1934, to the late Robert E. Farnell Jr. and Isabel Messick Farnell. He graduated from Cambridge High School, then UMD…

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Robert D. Grigg IV MBA ’93

Robert D. Grigg IV MBA ’93 died Nov. 2 at age 53. Born on Feb. 9, 1967, in Bethesda, Md., to Robert D. Grigg III and the late Margaret Dwyer Grigg, he graduated from Winston Churchill High School and went on to Wake Forest University, where he met his…