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Class Notes

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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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Maureen Vosmek M.ARHP ’08

Maureen Vosmek M.ARHP ’08 was promoted to associate at architecture firm Quinn Evans. She is a designer and preservation specialist who has contributed to projects including the modernization of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. She…

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Lyndon Brown ’04

Lyndon Brown ’04 was appointed chief strategy officer of Pondurance, an organization that provides managed detection and response services. Previously, Brown served as vice president of business development at FireEye Mandiant, where he focused on…

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Charles Brosius Thomas ’57

Charles Brosius Thomas ’57 died Dec. 7 at York Hospital in Pennsylvania. He was 85. Born in Frederick, Md., Thomas graduated from Frederick High School, then from UMD, where he studied marketing. He spent two years with the U.S. Army Artillery as a…

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Paula Girven ’81

Paula Girven ’81, a former Olympic high jumper, died on Oct. 17 in Asheville, N.C., at age 62. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of Elijah H. Girven Jr. and Queen Elizabeth Girven. Among her many accomplishments. She attended Garfield High School in…

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Gerald “Jerry” E. Lingenfelter ’67

Gerald “Jerry” E. Lingenfelter ’67 died Sept 23 in New Brunswick, N.J. He was 75. Raised in Leechburg, Pa., he was a resident of East Brunswick, N.J., before moving to Frankford, Del., 11 years ago. After receiving a fire protection degree from the…

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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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Doyle P. Royal M.A. ’43, M.Ed. ’53

Doyle P. Royal M.A. ’43, M.Ed. ’53, a legendary UMD soccer and tennis coach and tennis player, died Sept. 29 at the age of 101. He was an accomplished junior tennis player before being recruited in 1939 by the University of Maryland, where he also played…