Winter 2021

Campus Life

$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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Passings

Kenneth E. Peltzer M.S. ’63, Ph.D. ’68

Kenneth E. Peltzer M.S. ’63, Ph.D. ’68 died Sept. 20 at age 87. He was born on Sept. 19, 1933, in Baltimore to the late Blanche and James Peltzer. He graduated from John Hopkins University with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1955.…

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Scott A. Hughes '04

Scott A. Hughes '04 was recently promoted to counsel at global law firm Hogan Lovells. He works in the Intellectual Property, Media and Technology group in the Washington, D.C. office.

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Lou Ellen Campbell ’74

Lou Ellen Campbell ’74 of Elkton, Md., died Nov. 3 at age 77. She was born in Richland, Va., on Nov. 3, 1943, to the late Harman and Gladys (Meadows) Allison. While growing up, Campbell enjoyed participating in 4H by submitting award-winning canning and…

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Charles L. (Larry) Hutto ’72

Charles L. (Larry) Hutto ’72 of Severna Park, Md., died Nov. 21 at age 75. He was born in Abilene, Texas, on July 18, 1945, to Charles and Lola Hutto. He lived all over the world as a self-described Navy brat. Hutto attended the University of Arizona,…

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Steve Lafferty '71

Steve Lafferty '71 was nominated to serve as director of the Baltimore County Department of Planning, effective Jan. 15. Since August 2019, he had been the county's first chief sustainability officer. He previously served in the Maryland House of…

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Benjamin Picker ’00

Benjamin Picker ’00 formed his own law firm, Donoghue & Picker, in Norristown, Pa., focused on business litigation, consumer protection litigation, civil rights litigation, securities litigation, employment law, personal injury, family law and…

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Jack Cleveland ’02

Jack Cleveland ’02, who died of heart failure in January 2020, is the author of the new coffee-table book, “Fractals,” filled with art plates that reflect the beauty and mystery of the natural world and demonstrate the power of computer-aided design in…

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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…