KEY

A&S = Arts & Sciences
AGRI = College of Agriculture
ARCH = School of Architecture
ARHU = College of Arts & Humanities
BMGT = College of Business & Management
BSOS = College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
CLIS = College of Library & Information Services
CMPS = College of Computer, Mathematical, & Physical Sciences
EDUC = College of Education
ENGR = College of Engineering
GRAD = Graduate School
HUEC = College of Human Ecology
JOUR = College of Journalism
LFSC = College of Life Sciences
PERH = College of Physical Education, Recreation, & Health
PUAF = School of Public Affairs
UGS = Undergraduate Studies

OBITUARIES

'23

Charles Walter England, AGNR, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 25, 1999, at Washington Adventist Hospital.

England, a native of Calvert in Cecil County, was a former faculty member with the College of Agriculture, where he supervised the dairy technology program from 1933 to 1944. He was technical director for C.Y. Stevens Industries in Washington D.C., from 1944 to 1954. In 1954, he established his own business in Beltsville, C.W. England Laboratories, which specializes in quality and bacteria testing of dairy products.

England helped to gain passage of the first dairy inspection law in Maryland, establish accepted dairy products standards and improve the design and efficiency of dairy plants.

England has been honored by the university's agricultural alumni chapter as well as the Dairy Technology Society of Maryland and the District of Columbia, which he helped to found nearly 60 years ago.

The C. Walter England Scholarship was established in 1963 at the university's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, which awards the scholarship to students interested in milk technology. In 1998, an annual C. Walter England Lecture was established.

England is survived by his wife of 16 years, Edna Swart England; a daughter, Nancy E. Tysdal of Adelphi; two granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren. His first wife, Alma L. England, died in 1981 after more than 50 years of marriage.

'42

William Earl "Sully" Krouse, BMGT, succumbed to cancer on March 31, 2000, at Prince George's Hospital Center. He was 83. Krouse made his home in University Park, Md., for more than 50 years, 32 of which were spent as head wrestling coach and professor at his alma mater. Upon his retirement, the Board of Regents bestowed the title of "Coach Emeritus" upon him. Krouse was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.

Krouse enrolled at Maryland on a football scholarship, and also played lacrosse and excelled as a wrestler, compiling a 72-2 collegiate record. He returned to Maryland in 1946 as wrestling coach and saw the sport elevated to varsity status the next year. His teams won 22 conference championships, including the first 16 in the newly formed Atlantic Coast Conference. As a coach he developed eight All-Americans and an Olympic wrestler.

His contributions to the sport included volunteer time officiating matches, supplying equipment and conducting clinics. He served as tournament director for three NCAA Championships and was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Washington Wrestling Officials Association.

He is survived by a daughter, Susanne, and son, William Earl IV, and four grandsons. His wife, Mary Susan Sullivan, died in 1968.

'57

Paul Fisher, ENGR, died Jan. 25, 2000, of leukemia in Orlando, Fla. He was 65. While a student at Maryland, he was an ATO, a member of Omni Delta Kappa service fraternity and cadet colonel of AFROTC.

Following a 37-year career with the Navy's Strategic Systems Program office, Fisher joined APL's Strategic Systems Department in 1994. Fisher enjoyed golf, stamp collecting, woodworking, computers and pistol marksmanship.

He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Sibyl Klak Fisher, HUEC '57. and three daughters, all of whom are also Maryland alumni: Amy VonGohren, ENGR '80; Katie Pelisek, HUEC '81, and Dede Godstrey, AGRI '82.

'65

Janet Bode, ARHU, the College Park-raised author of 14 nonfiction books for young people, died of breast cancer Dec. 30, 1999, at her home in New York.

After graduating from the university, Bode worked as a teacher in Germany, Tampa, Fla., and Guadalajara, Mexico, and as a public relations agent for the Girl Scout Council in Lawrence, Kan. She turned to writing as therapy after being brutally attacked in 1972.

To research her books, Bode traveled throughout the country using interviews to write a series on topics including death, interracial dating, troubled love relationships, eating disorders and teenage pregnancy.

Bode's books received 26 major awards from organizations that included the National Council for Social Studies, the American Library Association and the New York Public Library.

Survivors include her collaborator and companion, cartoonist Stan Mack of New York; and two sisters, Carolyn Bode of Santa Monica, Calif., and Barbara Bode of Washington, D.C.

Notes

'37

Raymond Davis, Jr. '37 A&S, M.S. '39, research professor of astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics for 2000. The $100,000 prize was presented this May by Ezer Weizman, the president of Israel, at a special ceremony in the Knesset. Davis received the award along with Masatoshi Koshibe of the University of Tokyo for their pioneering observations of astronomical phenomena by detection of neutrinos, which was instrumental in creating the emerging field of neutrino astronomy.

'59

Howard Feldstein, ARHU, was recently reappointed by the mayor and City Council of Cumberland, Md., to a new full term on the city's ethics commission. Feldstein has been a member of the commission since June 1992.

'66

Peter H. Michael, ENGR, is president of the Michael Consulting Group, which was named Sacramento's Corporate Citizen of the Year. MCG performs strategic planning and litigation support.

'69

Michael Baer, ENGR, was granted "Professional Engineer, Retired" status by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors. A retired consultant, Baer also served as an adjunct faculty member at Pitt Community College. He formerly held senior engineering and manufacturing positions at Burroughs Wellcome Co.

'72

Martha McIntyre, EDUC, M.Ed., '81, received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in secondary education. McIntyre teaches American students at overseas military bases through the Department of Defense Dependent Schools. She has taught at the Joshua Barney School (Gaeta, Italy), The Royal Oaks Elementary School (Madrid, Spain) and the Incirlick High School (Adana, Turkey). Currently, she is teaching at Hohenfels High School in Hohenfels, Germany. In addition to her classroom responsibilities, McIntyre volunteers to serve as the coordinator for various student activities such as the science fair, the tennis team, cheer-leading team, and class sponsor. She was one of 108 secondary teachers from across the country to receive the award, which includes a $7,500 grant.

Maria Otero, A&S, M.A., was named president and CEO of ACCION

International, a Somerville, Mass.-based nonprofit organization working in 14 Latin American countries and 10 U.S. cities. ACCION's mission is to help people work their way out of poverty by providing them with "micro" loans and training to grow their tiny businesses, which include making tortillas, weaving baskets and fixing tires. Since 1992, The ACCION network has disbursed over $2.2 billion in loans averaging just over $600 to more than 1.6 million small entrepreneurs. ACCION provides help to nearly 300,000 women in Latin America.

In her previous position as ACCION executive vice president, Otero played a key role in the institution's long-term strategic planning, policy advocacy, research and dissemination. Widely recognized as a leading voice on microcredit, she has served in an advisory capacity to the World Bank's Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest and in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton to serve as chair of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation. In her new capacity, Otero, a native of La Paz, Bolivia, is responsible for overall management and leadership of ACCION.

Richard Roughton, GRAD, Ph.D., was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at National-Louis University. As dean, Roughton will oversee the faculty and academic programming for the college, which has 80 full-time faculty and nearly 3,000 students enrolled. The college offers certificate programs and bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in a wide variety of disciplines including human services, adult education, allied health, theater arts and written communication. Roughton will work from the university's headquarter campus in Chicago. Ill.

'73

John J. Chino, ENGR, M.S., was appointed vice president of Space-Based Infrared Systems at Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensor and Systems Sector in Baltimore, Md. As vice president, Chino is responsible for the sector's program content. Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector, headquartered in Baltimore, is a leader in the design, development and manufacture of defense electronics and systems, precision weapons, airspace management systems, marine systems and automation and information systems.

Deborah Foster, ARHU, co-founder of First Feet Dance Studio in Bethesda, Md., produced "Time to Dance," an interactive family fitness video released nationally and available at children's museum shops, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the El Museo del Barrio Gift Shops, along with numerous public libraries. The video is available in English and Spanish.

'74

George "Gee" Dunsten BMGT, was elected president of the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. It serves over 40,000 residential realtors. As president-elect, Dunsten's responsibilities are to design and manage the future direction of the council, including designation promotion and member recruitment. The strategies Dunsten chooses this year are those that he will execute next year when he becomes council president.

Shirley Ramsey, JOUR, M.A., Ph.D., '85, was recently appointed to serve as interim director of the University of Oklahoma H.H. Herbert School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Ramsey, a professor of journalism and mass communications, served as coordinator of the public relations sequence in the school for five years. Ramsey is active in professional organizations including the International Communication Association and the Association for Education in Journalism. She is also the co-author of a book in progress, Strategic Communication Campaigns: Planning, Conducting and Evaluating (Wadsworth Publishing Co.).

'81

Joan McFarland, ARHU, received a GRAMMY award in the "best choral performance" category. The recording was of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, performed by Washington Chorus and Orchestra and Shenandoah Conservatory Choir, conducted by Robert Shafer, and the Maryland Boy Choir, which McFarland conducted. The Maryland Boy Choir is a community-based treble choir that rehearses at the University of Maryland and was founded by Suzanne Beicken, who is a member of the faculty in the School of Music.

'82

Louis Feiner, ARHU, was among the recipients of the 1999 Milken Family Educator Award, a prestigious award that carries with it a financial prize of $25,000. Feiner teaches at Sugar Creek Elementary in Verona, Wis. Criteria for selection includes exceptional educational talent and promise as well as achievement in developing innovative curricula, programs and/or teaching methods.

Steven Kramer, BMGT, was appointed as Of Counsel in the Washington D.C., office of the international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy. Kramer was selected in response to the deregulation and restructuring of the utilities industry. He has practiced energy and related regulatory law for more than 10 years. His practice focuses on the representation of electric utility and natural gas companies on matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Prior to joining Milbank, Kramer was Of Counsel at Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

'85

Dr. Mark Ashwill, ARHU, M.A., established a non-profit organization assisting students from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos by offering them the chance to study in the United States with the help of grants and other support. The U.S.-Indochina Educational Foundation, Inc., based in Buffalo, N.Y., is also committed to raising awareness about the conditions in Southeast Asia. Ashwill is the director of the World Languages Institute and Fulbright Program Adviser at the University of Buffalo, The State University of New York.

'86

David H. Jacobs, BSOS, joined the Washington D.C., office of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stons, P.L.C. as a senior counsel in the labor and employment department where he will be involved in local and national employment and general litigation matters. The 260-attorney law firm was established in Detroit in 1852 and has several offices in Michigan as well as New York City, Washington and Poland. Prior to joining Miller Canfield, Jacobs was with Carr, Goodson, Warner, also in Washington, as a partner in the firm's employment litigation group. He also clerked for the Hon. Lawrence H. Rushworth of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Jacobs resides in Davidsonville, Md. He earned his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.

'87

Daniel Goldstein, ENGR, was recently named Young Engineer of the Year by the Engineering Society of Baltimore. Goldstein was recognized for his professional and academic accomplishments, as well as for his involvement with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

'88

Keith Geismar, UGS, a vice president with Lehman Brothers Inc., of Jersey City, N.J., was appointed to the board of directors for the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias (NFED). NFED is a St. Louis-based charity providing support services to families affected by the rare birth disorder known as ectodermal dysplasia. The disorder is characterized by abnormalities in the teeth, nails, glands and hair. Typically, affected individuals are missing multiple teeth, have sparse hair and cannot perspire. The NFED serves more than 2,500 families in 50 countries. An estimated 125,000 people in the United States are affected by the disease.

'89

Dennis Prather, ENGR, Ph.D., '97, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Department of Defense for an instrument that will bring computers one step closer to operating at the speed of light. The instrument, called an electronic beam pattern generator, will allow the fabrication of tiny optical elements that can be integrated into a computer's central prosessing unit, enabling it to use light to communicate.

'90

Anne M. (Owens) Hasselbrack, BSOS, wrote and self-published Extra-Curricular: A Novel of Rape on Campus which is set at the University of Maryland, College Park. The book focuses on survivors of rape as opposed to the criminal and the criminal justice system. Hasselbrack was raped on Aug.8, 1987, in the College Park Towers apartments by a stranger with a knife who was never apprehended. Hasselbrack resides in Bowie, Md., with her husband and their two cats.

'91

Richard George, A&H, formerly principal and management supervisor in the Publicis Dialog New York office, has been named principal and director of business operations for Publicis Dialog in the United States. Publicis Dialog is the integrated communications division of Publicis that unites advertising with public relations, direct marketing, sales promotion, design and Internet marketing. Publicis is part of Paris-based Publicis S.A., one of the world's 10 largest global communications agencies, spanning 130 cities and 76 countries. George's new role will include new business development and best practices management. He has 10 years of experience developing successful public relations programs for clients in numerous fields, including financial services, law, entertainment, sports marketing, travel and real estate. Prior to joining Publicis Dialog, George served as the director of public relations for the Public Relations Society of America.

'92

Howard B. Hoffman, BSOS, is an associate at Shawe & Rosenthal in Baltimore, Md. Hoffman defends employers against charges of sexual harassment, as well as other workplace claims. In 1999, Hoffman received his J.D., with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law. He received the Joseph Bernstein Award for excellence in legal writing and the Shawe & Rosenthal Employment Law prize. In August 1999, Hoffman authored an article in the Business Lawyer, a legal journal published by the American Bar Association.

Louiza Sellami, ENGR, Ph.D, a member of the U.S. Naval Academy's Department of Electrical Engineering undergraduate faculty since 1993, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. Her research papers have appeared in scientific journals and conference proceedings in the areas of digital signal processing, biomedical engineering, electronics and artifical neural networks. Selami was nominated twice as her department's candidate for the academy-wide Civilian Faculty Research Award. The sponsor of numerous senior midshipmen projects, and in 1997, one of her students garnered the Trident Scholar Prize.

'93

Richard E. Link, ENGR, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the U.S. Naval Academy's Department of Mechanical Engineering. A member of the undergraduate faculty since 1993, Link brought an established research record and has continued involvement, now with midshipmen collaboration, in the fractures group of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM). Link has published in and served as associate editor for the Journal of Testing and Evaluation, the main journal of ASTM. One of his students won top honors for a presentation at a professional engineering conference. Link is director of the Computer Assisted Design and Integrated Graphics Laboratory as well as coordinator for the computer-assisted design course.

Tracy Hearne Vemulapalli, AGRI, earned a veterinary medical science degree from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. She is working as a postdoctoral associate for the college in Blacksburg, Va.

'94

Alissa Arford-Leyl, JOUR, was appointed manager of Web communications for the Robert H. Smith School of Business. As a member of the Office of External Relations staff, Arford-Leyl is responsible for developing and implementing a Web-based program to support the school's marketing and communications strategies. Before joining the Smith School, Arford-Leyl was the Web site manager/communications specialist for the Automotive Service Association international headquarters in Bedford, Texas. In addition, she developed and managed the Web site for Beeswax Publishing, Inc., and a virtual trade show Web site for the International Autobody Congress and Exposition, an annual event for the collision repair industry.

'95

Maureen Sevigny, BSOS, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Management Department at Oregon Institute of Technology. A member of the OIT faculty since 1995, Sevigny also serves as principal investigator of an interdisciplinary project team that earned a National Science Foundation grant to "modularize" the technical skill components of OIT's Applied Environmental Sciences program. Four OIT courses are currently using self-study CD-ROMs created under this project and two more will be available during the 2000-01 academic year.
Sevigny earned a bachelor's degree in history from Barnard College, an M.B.A., from New York University, and a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Maryland. Sevigny's industrial experience includes nine years as a commodity research manager for M&M/Mars and two years as a transportation economist for Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

'96

Debra Calvert, EDUC, M.Ed., a teacher at John Hanson Middle School in Waldorf, Md., was among the recipients of the 1999 Milken Family Educator Award, a prestigious award that carries with it a financial prize of $25,000. Criteria for selection includes exceptional educational talent and promise as well as achievement in developing innovative curricula, programs and/or teaching methods.

Patricia A. Dingle, EDUC, an art teacher at Largo (Md.) High School, has toured the nation speaking on a multiplicity of educational issues. Among the topics she presented were the use of computer-assisted instruction to help low achievers, the struggle by women artists to succeed in a field and society dominated by men and higher order thinking in art. Dingle presented papers at the National Association of Secondary School Principals Convention in San Antonio, Texas, the Middle Atlantic Writers' Association, held at the University of Delaware, Marquette University and the National Art Education Association Convention in Los Angeles. Dingle is currently directing the Ashton-Drake Galleries 2000 Young Designers of America project at Largo High School.

'99

James Emanuel Melonas, BSOS, traveled to Southern Africa last February to become a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi. He works as a National Parks Community volunteer, serving as a liaison between the National Parks and the local community. In addition, Melonas is helping local people derive greater benefit from tourism. There are nearly 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers, 210 of them Maryland natives, serving in 77 countries worldwide. Volunteers help bring clean water to communities, teach children, protect the environment, help start new businesses, and prevent the spread of AIDS. Since 1961, more than 155,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps.

Francine M. Schaffer, EDUC, Ph.D., received the Judith Ruchkin Research Award given annually by the Maryland Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (MASCD) at the organization's conference on March 15, 2000. Her doctoral dissertation, The Processes and Practices of Superintendent Performance Evaluation in a Mid-Atlantic State, was selected for the quality of the research design. Schaffer presented her findings at the MASCD Spring Conference and at the University of Maryland's Fall Graduate Research Conference.
Schaffer, a Baltimore County Public Schools Home Instruction Liaison, was also appointed by the Maryland Senate in March 2000 to a four-year term on the Consumer Council of Maryland, an advisory board to the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office.

Karen Wink, EDUC, Ph.D, holds a joint appointment as professor of English and director of the Reading Program at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Wink teaches fourth-class (freshman) composition/literature classes and tutors cadets in the areas of speedreading and comprehension. Prior to this appointment, Wink taught English at Centennial High School in Howard County, Md., for three years.