Winter 2021

A Walk Through Dior’s Gardens—and His Psyche

Class Act

Beauty, Conscious

Campus Life

Recovering a Fumble in Hiring Practices

The Big Question

Class Act

Alumni Association News

Features

Blown Away

Features

Keeping an Eye on the Universe

Features

Trigger Guard

Crossing the boundaries between academia and the streets, Professor Joseph Richardson Jr. seeks to find a way out of trauma for young Black men.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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90s

James Melonas ’99

James Melonas ’99 was named head of the U.S. Forest Service in North Carolina, which consists of 1.25 million acres of land. He oversees 200 employees in the new role. Melonas previously served as the forest supervisor for the Santa Fe National Forest in…

90s

Rich Adams '94

Rich Adams '94 was promoted to president and chief operating officer of Integrated Prescription Management, a pharmacy benefits management company. Prior to joining IPM in 2019, he served as senior vice president for Kroger Prescription Plans and head of…

20s

Samy Abisaleh ’20

Samy Abisaleh ’20 is the founder of Oil-O, a startup that takes the hassle out of car maintenance by by sending mechanics to customers.

Passings

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…

00s

Michael Tangrea Ph.D. ’02

Michael Tangrea Ph.D. ’02 was named an endowed professor in innovation at Loyola University. He will expand research in biohealth and promote economic and entrepreneurial success in the state of Maryland. The endowed professorship was funded in part by…

70s

Rick Knapp ’70 and David Pincus ’70, M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’84

Rick Knapp ’70 and David Pincus ’70, M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’84 wrote “Sons of Suicide: A Memoir of Friendship.” The authors, who both lost their mothers to suicide, reflect on how that impacted the course of their lives. Net proceeds from sales of the book will…

90s

Anirma Gupta ’90

Anirma Gupta ’90 was appointed senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Carbon, a leading 3D printing technology company. Gupta was most recently at Tanium, a cybersecurity and systems management software company, where she built…

Passings

Arnold A. Heggestad ’65

Arnold A. Heggestad ’65 died after a brief illness Dec. 3 at the age of 77. He was born in Madison, Wisc., to Howard and Dolores Heggestad. He spent his young childhood in Greeneville, Tenn., and moved to College Park, Md., with his family in 1955. He…