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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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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Ethan Zweig ’07

Ethan Zweig ’07 received the 2020 Daily Record Excellence in Construction Award-Project Manager. Zweig is the director of project management at Tradepoint Atlantic, where he promotes constructive collaboration among project stakeholders to deliver…

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Ann Gibson Sloan ’58

Ann Gibson Sloan ’58 of Charleston, S.C., died Oct. 30 at age 84. Born in Cumberland, Md., she loved story time with her grandfather, as well as dancing. At UMD, Sloan majored in home economics, continued dancing, was active in Alpha Gamma Delta sorority…

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Pritpal Rahman Kalsi ’04

Pritpal Rahman Kalsi ’04, director of SC&H Group, was named to The Baltimore Sun’s 40 Under 40 list.

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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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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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Temidayo Amay ’15

Temidayo Amay ’15 won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play for their role as Gifty in Round House Theatre’s production of Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play.”

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Jennings F. Worley III ’90

Jennings F. Worley III ’90 of Carlsbad, Calif., died Nov. 28 at age 62. He grew up in Forestville, Md., and after graduating from UMD, he pursued his studies in molecular biology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, achieving a doctorate in…