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Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, D.C. , West Virginia

Orchestra. He will be playing for the show Parade, based on the true story of the conviction of Leo Frank in 1913, opening on Broadway December 17.

NOREEN KAMINSKI '91,
Elkridge, Maryland, is developing a home-based company that provides accounting, bookkeeping, tax preparation, computer, and secretarial services.

HERBERT P. ROBINSON '91,
Severn, Maryland, has retired from the military and in 1997 received an M.S. in management systems from Bowie State University. He has been accepted into the M.S. program in project management at the Keller Graduate School of Management and works as a senior programmer/ analyst.

BEVERLY STERN '91,
Silver Spring, Maryland, is currently pursuing a master's degree in clinical community counseling at Johns Hopkins University in Rockville, Maryland. Since 1992, she has worked for the Department of Education, which hired her under their "outstanding scholar program."

CHRISTOPHER L. TRAVERS '83 and '99,
Bel Air, Maryland, began attending classes with UMUC in 1972, while stationed at Tongduchon, Korea. "Unfortunately, because of a military exercise I was unable to attend graduation ceremonies in Japan [in 1983]. I have now fulfilled that goal by completing my master's degree and attending the graduation ceremony in College Park this year." Travers now works for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a contract officer.

KEVIN B. WEDDING '95,
Newburg, Maryland, is a small-business owner. Since graduating from UMUC, he has been nominated as an outstanding young Marylander by the Maryland Jaycees and has been elected judge of the Orphans Court for Charles County, Maryland. "I am convinced the education I received at UMUC gave me the qualifications to succeed in this election. Thank you."

MICHELLE WELLS '97,
Bowie, Maryland, currently works in the Financial Analysis and Reporting Section, Public Building Service, of the General Services Administration, one of two higher-grade jobs she was offered right after graduating from UMUC. "If it were not for my degree, I would never have been offered the job."

'70s

CAROLYN MALES '72,
Clarksville, Maryland, recently coauthored Wish You Were Here: A Guide to Baltimore City for Natives and Newcomers (Woodholme House Publishers, June 1999). It is her11th book. She also writes for various magazines and is currently working on another nonfiction book and a mystery novel.

LARRY S. RICHMOND '75,
Baltimore, Maryland, realized a 30-year dream on May 27, 1997, when he was commissioned as a law enforcement ranger for the Maryland Forest and Park Service. On October 28, 1998, he was promoted to ranger first class and is currently assigned to the Patapsco Valley State Park.

'80s

DAVID KAMIONER '86,
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, is president of Kamioner & Associates, a political and media consulting company. "My company was recently purchased by a larger company, extending our resources and range nationwide."

CECELIA M. OWENS-GRAVES '85,
Newport News, Virginia, is currently a sixth-grade social studies and language arts teacher at Lindsay Middle School in Hampton, Virginia, where she is also a team leader and a coordinator for AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination, a program for college-bound students). Owens-Graves graduated from Hampton University with an M.A. in secondary education in 1995.

MIKE PAFFORD '81,
College Park, Maryland, was recently appointed advanced programs engineer for the Harris Corporation's information systems division, where he is responsible for leading all technical aspects of business development. He graduated from the UMUC European Division in Heidelberg, Germany.

THOMAS G. PARTINGTON '86,
New York, New York, has just started a new job as percussionist in the Lincoln Center Theatre

WESLEY E. PAULSON '85 and '92,
Silver Spring, Maryland, has been elected president of the Conference and Visitors Bureau of Montgomery County, Mary-land, for 1999-2000.

KEVIN J. SIMMONS '81,
Baltimore, Maryland, was promoted to battalion chief of Howard County Fire and Rescue in October 1997.

JAMES H. WILSON '86,
Dover, New Hampshire, who was commissioned as a U.S. Air Force officer a year after graduating from UMUC, retired from the service as a captain in 1995. Since then, he has worked as a customer support manager for Nortel Networks Technical Solutions Center.

'90s

CANDICE M. D'AGOSTINO '97,
Prince Frederick, Maryland, has been working as an assistant to Senator Barbara Mikulski for just over a year. She also teaches a business course at Calvert County Community College and was chosen to serve as a mentor in the Welfare to Work program being administered by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Office in Calvert County.

SIDNEY R. JACKSON '98,
Temple Hills, Maryland, says her degree helped her to become a partner with Physical Therapy Services of Washington, D.C. She is currently pursuing a master's degree at UMUC.

PETER A. JENSEN '97,
Crofton, Maryland, left active duty as a U.S. Coast Guard officer to accept a position with Mobil Oil Corporation in April 1997 as a crisis preparedness consultant. "Without doubt, my degree helped me land the position with Mobil. Many thanks! The Master's of Science in Technology Management (environmental management) degree was a great program and I have recommended it to others."

RICHARD H. LaPOINTE '95,
Salem, Massachusetts, was recently appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council as parking director for the city of Salem.

HELGA LUEST '95,
Bethesda, Maryland, has joined the Greystone Companies, a consulting and public relations firm, as its media relations director. She was previously the spokesperson and media relations manager with Good-Industries.

LEE A. MANNING '92,
Burke, Virginia, currently works for the DOD Defense POW/ Missing Persons Office as an intelligence specialist, and recently completed a tour of duty in Cambodia. He retired from the U.S. Army as a warrant officer in February 1996 with nearly 30 years in service.

IAN W. MARKS '97,
Elkridge, Maryland, has been accepted and enrolled in a graduate program for physician assistants at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

GLEN PAINE '94,
Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been appointed the new executive director of the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, a maritime training and conference center near Baltimore, Maryland.

ANDREA PLUMLEY '92,
Virginia Beach, Virginia, an employee of Support Services of Virginia, Inc., has been promoted to director of day support for three day centers for adults diagnosed with mental handicaps and mental retardation. She also assisted in the development of the Families Communicating Effectively Together (FACET) curriculum for the Tidewater Regional Group Home.

KIMBERLY M. PRIEST '97,
Montgomery Village, Maryland, a patient program coordinator in Bethesda, Maryland, married Patrick M. Gary on July 19, 1997, and had their first child, Sheena Marie Gary, on January 11, 1999. She was promoted to a supervisory position in November 1998.

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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

'jump-starting' me." Phillips retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1984, after having served around the world in a wide range of international and diplomatic roles.

LINDA A. LATTANZIO '93,
Arlington, Texas, is pursuing an M.B.A. from the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management. She currently works for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service as a contracting officer.

BRUCE A. MOORE '95,
Savannah, Georgia, recently retired from the military. He is now a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and runs a new business that he started on the side.

BARBARA A. NEWMAN '91,
Fort Gordon, Georgia, a senior message switch supervisor with the U.S. Army's 93rd Signal Brigade, was recently deployed to El Salvador to help with humanitarian relief efforts.

MASTER SGT. JEFFREY SIMON '93,
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, was recently promoted to his current rank.

THOMAS M. THOMAS '94,
Garner, North Carolina, who received his degree from UMUC while stationed with the U.S. Air Force in the United Kingdom, has left the service and is pursuing a civilian career as a network engineer with Cisco Systems in Re-search Triangle Park, North Carolina. He recently authored a book titled OSPF Network Design Solutions, a well-received manual that helps readers understand how to dramatically increase network performance, security, and the ease with which large-scale networks are maintained.

CHARLES B. USHER '97,
Dalzeil, South Carolina, who received a B.S. in management studies while stationed in Europe, retired on May 31 from the U.S. Air Force. He will soon graduate from Troy State University with an M.S. in human resource management.

DANELITO VILLANUEVA '96,
Athens, Georgia, who graduated from UMUC while stationed in Yokosuka, Japan, was recently commissioned as a U.S. Navy supply corps officer in Pensacola, Florida. Villanueva is currently attending the supply corps officer basic qualification course.

JOSEPH L. WARD Jr. '91,
Metairie, Louisiana, received a bachelor's degree in management and communications from Con- cordia University, Wisconsin, in May 1998. He celebrated the birth of his son Myles on Decem- ber 13 and was promoted to member service supervisor with AAA emergency roadside services on January 4.

SANDRA J. YORK '94,
Columbia, South Carolina, a registered nurse working for the Palmetto Health Alliance, is now a specialist in bone marrow transplant cancer research. "My psychology degree from UMUC is an excellent combination with nursing for dealing with patients and families, as well as death and dying."

'80s

MAJ. JOHNIE W. HINSON '82,
Sumter, South Carolina, is a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force who plans to retire in 2001. Since graduating from UMUC, he has served assignments in Panama, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, and has written his first book, Relationships: The Key to Success (Johnie Hinson Ministries, 1997).

WILLIAM K. KENNEDY '83,
Sarasota, Florida, the chief financial officer for Sarasota Coastal Community University and adjunct business faculty at Keiser College, was elected treasurer of the Police Athletic League. He was also selected for Leadership Sarasota, a nine-month community leadership development program.

MIKE NEPI '86,
Lorton, Virginia, has retired from the federal government after nearly 35 years of service. Most recently, Nepi was chief of staff for the Defense Automated Printing Service at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He plans to pursue an executive position in the printing and information products industry.

MICHAEL E. PHILLIPS '80,
Smyrna, Georgia, has been promoted as a faculty research as-sociate at the Georgia Institute of Technology and is starting a doctorate this year. "I owe it all to UMUC for

SUSAN B. RICHARDS '87,
Charleston, South Carolina, has launched her own business and is now president of SR Concepts, a marketing consulting service for small public transportation agencies.

MARK N. SCOTT '87,
Celeste, Texas, has received an M.A. in organizational management from the University of Phoenix. He is currently employed by Raytheon Systems Company as a senior systems engineer. Scott is also a nationally certified Little League coach and teaches soccer and T-ball.

REGINA STUDWELL '85,
Tampa, Florida, is an adjunct professor with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at MacDill Air Force Base. Her book Write Like a Pro, a guide to writing term papers, was published in 1997 by Endeavor Books. Studwell attended classes with UMUC in both Okinawa and Turkey.

'90s

DANIELLE D. HYNES '95,
Warner Robins, Georgia, graduated from Mercer Law School in May 1998, passed the Georgia bar in October 1998, and is now the sole practitioner of general law in Warner Robins.

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Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin

'80s

LARRY WAYNE SMITH '87,
Indianapolis, Indiana, who specialized in psychology at UMUC, has obtained his doctorate in counseling and now teaches at Martin University. He is also chair of the university's undergraduate department for religious studies and a self-employed therapist.

'90s

JOHN D. VEAL JR. '81 and '94,
Lawton, Oklahoma, was recently appointed assistant dean of students at Cameron University, where he is responsible for the development and implementation of multicultural and disabled services, issues affecting residence life, and other student concerns. He also serves on the Comanche County Industrial Development Authority, which seeks to develop incentives for businesses locating in the county.

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Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

THOMAS M. TSCHUDY '88,
Denver, Colorado, a corporate property/asset manager for the environmental engineering company CH2M Hill, was marriedon August 29, 1998. "My wife, Sharon, my stepdaughter Maya, and I are happy here in Denver!"

'90s

CYRUS A. FLORES '92,
Fairbanks, Alaska, retired early from the U.S. Army and currently works as a vehicular and licensing official for the state's Department of Administration. He has also been attending the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in pursuit of a justice degree.

TIMOTHY E. HAAS '93,
Kailua, Hawaii, a graduate of UMUC's Master of International Management program, recently moved to Hawaii, where he works for the Department of Defense as a telecommunications field engineer. Last year he and Karen Ainslie Mackovjak were married. "Ainslie is training for the Kona Ironman competition, while I have been busy steering a six-man outrigger canoe. We love Hawaii."

CYNTHIA JONES '94,
Bellevue, Nebraska, started her own business in June 1996 and became a sales director in 10 months. "My unit sold over $350,000 in products in our first year and became a Super Achiever Cadillac Unit in June 1998."

AUSTIN S. MANSFIELD '94,
Seaside, California, a U.S. Navy noncommissioned officer, received an M.S. in international relations from Troy State University in June 1997. He is currently assigned to the Naval Postgraduate School Public Affairs Office in Monterey, California, where he is the assistant public affairs officer for media relations. He has also started working toward a J.D. degree through William Howard Taft University.

THOMAS M. McCURDY '94,
Everett, Washington, recently began working in a very challenging position with autistic, multi-challenging, and multicultural children with the Everett School District.

KURT L. MILLER '86 and '90,
Aurora, Colorado, received his doctorate in management from Colorado Technical University on November 10, 1998. He earned his UMUC degrees while living in Okinawa.

LESLIE A. ROWLIE '93,
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, graduated from Duquesne University Law School in Pittsburgh, Penn-sylvania, with a J.D. in June 1998 and entered the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General Corps in January. She is currently a legal assistance attorney with the Army.

'80s

SGT. MAJ. JEFFREY W. McCLASKEY '87 and '96,
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, has earned his master's degree in strategic intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency, at Bolling Air Force Base in Wash-ington, D.C. He is currently the S-3 sergeant major for the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade.

JOHN R. McINTYRE '80,
Sacramento, California, who studied at UMUC's Munich campus, became director of development for the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in 1998. "Having moved away from the beach in southern California, I'm learning to appreciate the advantages of being in the capital of the most populous state in the country, and will have to cultivate a new circle of alums in northern California."

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All countries other than the United States

from 1974 to 1978, recently moved back to Germany from southern California.

ANN KING '85,
County Cork, Ireland, and her husband Emerick Toth, retired to Ireland in 1992. "Your university was a big player in our success," she says.

ELLA A. MABUTI '98,
Yigo, Guam, has been continuing her studies at the University of Guam, where she is majoring in nursing.

DAVID C. REDMAN '97,
an X-ray technician for the U.S. Air Force stationed in Europe, has applied to the U.S. Army Officer's Candidate School to try for an Army commission.

COMMAND SGT. MAJ. DANIEL SCHORN '95,
Mannheim, Germany, has recently been appointed battalion command sergeant major for the U.S. Army's 208th Finance Battalion.

IN MEMORIAM

SGT. LONNIE L. CRAFFORD '89
was killed on July 23, 1990, in an accident while stationed at Kadina Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan. "We keep his UMUC diploma displayed on our wall with many more of his things," said his parents, Charles and Carolyn Crafford of Brinkley, Arizona.

'80s

CLARA PILAR DAVIS '88,
Madrid, Spain, has become the regional sales manager for the pneumatic tools automotive aftermarket division of Desoutter Limited. She is the first female to work as a salesperson for that section of the company.

FRANK DIMINS '83,
Remseck, Germany, who attended classes at the UMUC Munich campus

'90s

ANDREW V. BURENIN '95,
Irkutsk City, Russia, a graduate of UMUC's joint program with Irkutsk State University who works in the government finance office for the Irkutsk region of Russia, recently defended his Ph.D. thesis. "This is kind of a record for the university," says Alexander Diogenov, a UMUC representative in Russia. "We can be proud of him and think of this as a big victory."