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	New Contacts, Old Friends Alumni Association Holds Annual Meeting UMUC’s "Virtual Dragons" Make History on the Potomac

Networking Event Held in San Antonio, Texas

The first San Antonio, Texas, alumni networking event was held April 5, 2002, at the Marriott Riverwalk in beautiful downtown San Antonio. Thanks in large part to the efforts of Howard Cain ’68, who went beyond the call of duty to personally contact and invite over 100 alumni, more than 60 people attended. Plans are already underway to form a San Antonio alumni chapter to provide greater networking opportunities for the more than 900 alumni who live in and around San Antonio.

IMAN Chapter Holds Fourth Annual Dinner

IMAN's Outstanding Alumnus Peter O'Neil '95 (second from left) celebrates with his wife and parents.

The Master of International Management (IMAN) Chapter of the Alumni Association held its fourth annual dinner April 6, 2002, at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Maryland. The chapter is committed to raising funds for scholarships that will support graduate students studying international management. This year the IMAN Chapter raised more than $3,800, a portion of which was directed to the Harvey Wallender Memorial Scholarship, named after a graduate faculty member who died in 2000 and who was greatly admired and respected by his students in the IMAN program. Additional funds raised this year went to support the newly created Fire Science Scholarship.

Outstanding Alumnus Peter O'Neil '95 (left) with Al Raider, IMAN program director.

This year’s IMAN Outstanding Alumnus—Peter O’Neil ’95, director of international trade at the Maryland Office of International Trade Development—was honored during the dinner. Each year, the outstanding alumnus award is presented to a graduate of the IMAN program who has demonstrated outstanding application of international management principles. Joyce Wright ’90 & ’94, who received the award last year, traveled from Australia to join this year’s festivities and to network with fellow IMAN alumni.

UMUC Welcomes New Graduates at Reception

Frank Kent, past UMUC Alumni Association president, extended a warm welcome to more than 600 new graduates who attended this year’s New Graduate Reception on May 17, 2002. The reception offers graduates a chance to celebrate, network, and meet with UMUC faculty and staff.

Howard County Executive Named Distinguished Alumnus

James Robey '79 (second from right), UMUC Distinguished Alumnus 2002, with (from left) Frank Kent '91, UMUC Alumni Association past president; Gerald Heeger, UMUC president; and Laslo Boyd, UMUC senior vice president for policy and administration.

Howard County Executive James N. Robey ’79 was named UMUC’s distinguished alumnus of 2002. A special event was held May 1, 2002, at the Sheraton in Columbia, Maryland, to honor Robey; more than 150 alumni, friends, and Howard County community leaders attended.

UMUC is well rep- resented in Robey’s administration. Other alumni serving Howard County include Joseph Herr ’93, chief of the fire department; G. Wayne Livesay ’89, chief of police; and Raquel Sanudo ’81, chief administrative officer. A new alumni chapter is being formed to accommodate the more than 2,200 UMUC alumni who live in the Howard County area.