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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Harry Foster ’83

Harry Foster ’83 was named general chair of the Design Automation Conference, the only event devoted to electronic design and design automation of electronic circuits and systems. Foster is the chief scientist verification for the design verification…

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Helene Jaron ’88

Helene Jaron ’88 was chosen as a Philadelphia Business Journal 2020 Women of Distinction honoree. Jaron is the co-chair of the pricare client services group at Cozen O’Connor, a Philadelphia-based law firm.

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Katherine Faulkner MBA ’17

Katherine Faulkner MBA ’17 is vice president, people and culture at Bridge Connector, an interoperability company changing the way health care communicates. Faulkner and other leadership recently announced the company’s Series B funding at $25.5 million.

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Lydia Carlis Ph.D. ’11

Lydia Carlis Ph.D. ’11 joined Acelero Learning and Shine Early Learning, pioneers in early childhood education and family engagement services, as chief program and people officer. Carlis most recently served as principal consultant for eyemaginED, where…

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Donna J. Brown ’59

Donna J. Brown ’59, a retired music teacher and resident of Severna Park, Md., died Nov. 25 at age 84. Brown was born in Mayville, Mich., studied at Wheaton College and completed her degree at the University of Maryland. She settled in Baltimore, where…

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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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Robert J. Cadrette ’96

Robert J. Cadrette ’96 died Dec. 5 from complications associated with COVID-19 in Washington, D.C. He earned a degree in criminal justice and criminology at UMD and joined the Charles County Sheriff's Office in 1998. Until 2007, he worked in Patrol…

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Vernon H. Walker ’50

Vernon H. Walker ’50, a retired Westinghouse Electric Corp. engineer and a World War II veteran, died Sept. 25 of cancer at Brightview Severna Park. The former longtime Catonsville resident was 94. The son of Robert Hamilton Walker and Doris Wagner Walker…