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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

James “Jim” A. Noble ’68

James “Jim” A. Noble ’68 died Oct. 31 in Callaway, Md., at age 76. He was born on Feb. 29, 1944, in Hanover, Pa., the second son of the late Stanley and Ethel Lansinger Noble. After graduating from Catonsville Community College, Noble moved to St. Mary’s…

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Chickie Grayson ’69, M.A. ’72

Chickie Grayson ’69, M.A. ’72 of Enterprise Homes was announced a 2020 Icon Honors award winner by The Daily Record. The award recognizes leaders across Maryland in business, law, politics and nonprofits who are over the age of 60.

Passings

Dr. Homer Lee Twigg Jr. ’47

Dr. Homer Lee Twigg Jr. ’47 of Twiggtown, died Nov. 24. Twigg was born in 1926 in Westminster to Homer L. Twigg Sr. and Henrietta (Roop) Twigg, and spent his childhood in nearby Hampstead. After graduating from Hampstead High School, he served in the Army…

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Matt Hartley MBA ’07

Matt Hartley MBA ’07 was named chief revenue officer of iboss, a cloud-delivered network security firm. He was previously vice president, overseeing American sales at Forescout Technologies and is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

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Moise Fokou ’08

Moise Fokou ’08, chief operating officer of Chasen Companies, was named a 2020 Baltimore Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree.

Passings

Margaret J. “Maggie” Cisar ’59

Margaret J. “Maggie” Cisar ’59 of Sabillasville, Md., died Nov. 13 at age 83 of Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in 1937 to Margaret Mathis and Paul Mathis. Cisar graduated from the Margaret Brent School in Mechanicsville, Md., in 1955. She taught at…

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Courtney Stone ’11

Courtney Stone ’11 married Sean Mirski on Sept. 25 at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., according to The New York Times. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito presided. She graduated from the University of Maryland and received a master’s…

Passings

Kathryn R. Overton ’68

Kathryn R. Overton ’68 died Dec. 5 at her home in Manchester, Pa. She was 74. Overton was born to the late Doris W.E. and Charles P. Reichel and graduated from UMD with high honors; she was also in the Tau Mu Epsilon Fraternity. In 1975, she earned a J.D.…