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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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…

Passings

Steven C. Lackey ’63

Steven C. Lackey ’63, an early computer programmer, died Nov. 9 in Vermont. He was born on July 5, 1941, in Carlisle, Pa., the son of Mildred and Joel Lackey. Upon graduating from UMD with a degree in business administration, Lackey began seven years of…

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Michael Burch ’04

Michael Burch ’04 was promoted to vice president of network solutions at Nave Communication, a segment of ADDvantage Technologies Group. He began his career at the company in 2004 as an assistant to the vice president of sales.

Passings

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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Rhondda Robinson Thomas Ph.D. ’07

Rhondda Robinson Thomas Ph.D. ’07 is the author of “Call My Name, Clemson: Documenting the Black Experience in an American University Community.” The book reexamines and reconceptualizes the history of the university.

Passings

Rochelle Elizabeth Snee ’69

Rochelle Elizabeth Snee ’69 died Sept. 6 in Seattle. She was born Dec. 6, 1947, in Trenton, N.J., and was a graduate of Dulaney High School in Lutherville-Timonium, Md. She majored in classics at UMD, then earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in classics with a…

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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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Leigh Reichel MBA ’90

Leigh Reichel MBA ’90 was announced chief financial officer of Inky Technology, a pioneer in email phishing protection. Reichel has been deeply involved in more than half a dozen startup entities and several public companies, raising over $1 billion in…