Class Notes
Class Notes by Decade
1950s
JIM ADDY 鈥55 retired as adjunct professor of United States history after 34 years of teaching at CCBC Essex, 66 years in Maryland education institutions and 10 years as mayor of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. At Essex, he received a citation as outstanding professor of social sciences.
1970s
EDDIE APPLEFELD 鈥70 is promotions director of WCBM Radio in Baltimore, providing entertainment features for the station and for Facebook and Instagram. He also writes a restaurant column for the Baltimore Post Examiner and hosts Eddie鈥檚 Corner on YouTube.
STEVE MURFIN 鈥77 recently retired from almost three decades of coaching baseball at several levels. He was head baseball coach at Blake High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, for 19 years. The school retired his No. 3 and placed him in the Blake Athletics Ring of Honor, and he was voted into the Roy Hobbs Baseball Hall of Fame, the Cooperstown of amateur adult baseball.
RANDY GRAY 鈥79 wrote and published 鈥淭he Adventures of Brooks and Rip,鈥 his first youth fiction book. Gray grew up in Baltimore in the 1960s and idolized sports figures from the Orioles and Colts. The title character in the book, a 12-year-old boy, is named after O鈥檚 legend Brooks Robinson; his loyal dog Rip is named after the Birds鈥 鈥淚ronman鈥 Cal Ripken Jr.
1980s
BILL MONTGOMERY 鈥84, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, started a new veteran-focused radio station and podcast at Harford Community College's WHFC 91.1 FM.
KAREN HENRY 鈥87 was appointed director of public works for Anne Arundel County. She is the first female director in the county鈥檚 history. The Department of Public Works provides services to ensure safe drinking water; to enhance wastewater treatment; to efficiently recycle, collect trash and dispose of waste; to maintain, manage and operate the county鈥檚 road and bridge network; and maintain a high quality of life for residents and visitors.
1990s
KELLY MASON 鈥91 has successfully run Morningside Senior Living, one of the only women-owned and -operated senior living companies in the country for 25 years, with communities that routinely win Best Assisted Living awards. She has two teenagers and enjoys spending time outside. Mason also works with animal rescue groups and supports multiple organizations that empower disadvantaged women.
LANCE JOHNSON 鈥93 was inducted in the 2023 Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame on May 12. He was inducted into the in 2003. Johnson was a four-year starter at sweeper. A team co-captain as a junior and a senior, he was a key performer for Towson鈥檚 .
RICHARD HOLLEY 鈥96 received the 2023 Eastern Province Council of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Senior Kappa Impact Award, Small Chapter Impact Award. It is given to members who have demonstrated outstanding support and contributions to senior Kappas at the province and chapter levels as well as in the community.
KATHLEEN PEDERSEN 鈥97 was recently admitted to the Minnesota State Bar Association, the oldest professional association for attorneys in the state.
BENJAMIN SCHMITT 鈥98 was elected president of Howard County Education Association (HCEA). After 25 years as an elementary art teacher, he left the classroom to take office on Aug. 1.
LESLIE KREBS-WHITE 鈥99, of Westminster, Maryland, is the new Title IX coordinator at McDaniel College. She has more than 20 years of experience in both higher education and the legal system.
2000s
CRAIG COLLINS-YOUNG 鈥04 was named to the steering committee of the Irish American Baseball Society, which celebrates the contributions of Irish Americans to amateur and professional baseball. It also supports youth baseball in Ireland and America.
ERIN MAYNARD 鈥07 was recognized as a Health Care Hero鈥擭urse Practitioner of the Year by Maryland鈥檚 The Daily Record. The awards honor individuals and organizations who have made an impact on the quality of health care in Maryland. She is a nurse practitioner at the Recovery Centers of America at Bracebridge Hall.
ERIN MCMULLEN 鈥07 was hired to be the new chief of staff for the Maryland Department of Health.
LAURIE BERGLIE 鈥08 has published four equestrian fiction novels to date. The latest, 鈥淎ll On,鈥 hit the shelves in September 2022. 鈥淲here the Bluegrass Grows,鈥 鈥淜icking On鈥 and 鈥淭aking Off鈥 were published between 2016 and 2019.
2010s
KRISTEN LOWENWIRTH FARRELL 鈥10 published her first children鈥檚 book, 鈥淪weet Sounds of the Night.鈥 The story sparks the imagination of young children up to age 6 to make nighttime noises fun.
DANIEL RENZ 鈥10 received the 2023 Methodist University Distinguished Young Alumni Award. It is presented to a Methodist University graduate who earned their degree within the last 10 years for outstanding voluntary or other public service. Renz earned a Master of Justice Administration degree in December 2014. He is also one of the first recipients of the University of Maryland Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security鈥檚 Global Counter-Insider Threat Professional certification.
DOMINIQUE S. BERRY 鈥11 has joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a senior administrative specialist in the Operational Evaluation Division of IDA鈥檚 Systems and Analyses Center.
BLYTHE MAYNARD 鈥11 was named interim chief executive officer of Recovery Centers of America at Bracebridge Hall. Maynard will continue to serve as director of admissions. She will lead the facility鈥檚 team of addiction professionals as they provide evidence- based substance use disorder treatment.
JESSA COULTER 鈥12 was named executive director of the Annapolis Immigration Justice Network. She has more than a decade of experience working with nonprofits and spent six of those years living and working in Central America.
BIANCA PINNOCK 鈥12 was recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2024 for her work in family law and family law: arbitration and mediation.
EDWARD SLEDGE JR. 鈥13 released a documentary short film, 鈥淛oined by Fate,鈥 through his production company Sledge House Media, during the Washington, D.C.-based LightReel Film Festival and at a private screening in June 2023. The short film has garnered several best documentary short film awards and official selections during its film festival run.
JASON STRUNK 鈥15 received his DMA in choral conducting with a cognate in musicology from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami (FL) in May 2023. He is the performing arts department chair and the director of choral and vocal studies at the Georgetown Day School of Washington, D.C.
HUNTER HAINES 鈥17 was recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2024 for his work in corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law.
JESSICA RAY 鈥17, MPT 鈥淢otorWeek鈥 associate producer and online content creator, is part of public media news outlet Current鈥檚 first cohort of Rising Stars in Public Media. Cohort members work in a variety of roles at public TV and radio stations and national organizations in 14 states and the District of Columbia. The selections were made from among 238 nominations.
BRANDON K. WHARTON 鈥17 joined the Baltimore law firm of Gallagher Evelius and Jones LLP as an associate. Wharton鈥檚 practice focuses on commercial litigation, education law, employment law and investigations. He is vice president on the 91影视破解版 Alumni Association Board of Directors.
JENNIE (HOWELL) DE LA CRUZ 鈥18 is a dive lead and natural resources technician II for the Samish Indian Nation Department of Natural Resources in Washington state. She performs underwater transect surveys and retrieves and deploys pH and temperature sensors in local kelp forests to monitor long-term changes.
JUSTIN FISHER 鈥18 was hired as an adjunct professor at a local community college where he teaches GED and pre-GED classes from social studies to math. He is also a real estate agent with Long and Foster.
CHELSEA MCCLURE 鈥19 and Julia Brandeberry developed a professional development program for pre-service teachers to aid in cultivating effective guardian鈥搕eacher relationships that included simulated interactions and a two-day learning summit where in-service teachers mentored program participants.
WILLIAM YESKE 鈥19 released 鈥淒amn the Valley,鈥 a non-fiction military memoir about a combat deployment with the 82nd Airborne to Afghanistan where the battalion experienced a 52% casualty rate in the Argandab River Valley in 2010.
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