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

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Daniel J. Mannes MBA ’03

Daniel J. Mannes MBA ’03 was appointed to the board of directors of Energy Services of America Corp. He previously served as vice president of investor relations at Covanta Holding Corp. in New Jersey.

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Joseph Amato ’84

Joseph Amato ’84 was appointed executive vice president and senior financial officer of The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. He previously served as chief financial officer at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

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C. Pete Gutwald '88

C. Pete Gutwald '88 was nominated to serve as director of the Baltimore County Department of Permits Approvals and Inspections, effective Jan. 15. Since May 2019, Gutwald had been director of the Department of Planning. He holds a master’s degree from the…

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William R. “Ric” Weible ’92, MBA ’10

William R. “Ric” Weible ’92, MBA ’10 was promoted to director of operations and business management for T. Rowe Price Investment Management. Weible has been with the firm for 18 years, most recently as director of operations for the U.S. Equity Division.

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David Rohall Ph.D. ’00

David Rohall Ph.D. ’00 was appointed dean of campus and community relations for the Ohio University Eastern Campus, after the university conducted a national search. Rohall most recently served as department head for sociology and anthropology at Missouri…

Passings

Edwin R. Burtner ’52

Edwin R. Burtner ’52 died Nov. 19 in Tampa, Fla., at age 92. Burtner was born and raised on the family farm in Keedysville, Md. At Hagerstown High School, he became the school's youngest class president, then attended the University of Maryland, where he…

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Dr. Richard (Dick) G. Meltzer ’71

Dr. Richard (Dick) G. Meltzer ’71 of Potomac, Md., died Nov. 18 at age 71. Meltzer was born on May 24, 1949, to Ruth and Seymour Meltzer. He lived in Rochester, N.Y., until he was 12, and then moved with his family to the Washington, D.C., area. He…

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John Smallwood ’87

John Smallwood ’87, a longtime sports columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer, died Dec. 5 due to complications associated with Hodgkin’s disease at the age of 55. He was the youngest of three children born to John Smallwood Sr., a career…