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Memorial Celebration Remembering the lives of Maryland Students, Faculty and Staff

UMD Memorial Celebration

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Memorial Celebration:

Remembering the Lives of

Maryland Students, Faculty and Staff

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 2PM

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All are welcome. 

We mourn the lives lost in our University of Maryland community and feel deeply that all Terrapins should be honored for their contributions to our campus. The university's fourth annual Memorial Celebration brings our community together to remember the lives of Maryland students, faculty, emeriti faculty, and staff who have passed. In joining together to remember, we mourn these recent losses as a community and lean on each other through this shared experience. 

This ceremony is symbolic of what it means to be part of the Terrapin family, and we encourage all members of our community to join us. This year's celebration will honor students, faculty, emeriti faculty, and staff who passed away from April 2023 through April 2024 while enrolled at or working for the university.

Directions to the Memorial Chapel can be found here.

Parking will be available in Regents Drive Garage and by reservation along Chapel Lane and Regents Drive.

For more information, contact studentaffairs@umd.edu or 301-314-8428.


Livestream our May 2024 Program here.

For closed captioning click here.


In Memoriam April 2023 - April 2024

We are saddened to have lost these members of the University of Maryland community

and remain ever thankful for their contributions to our shared lives.


STUDENTS

Emmanuel Ababio
Undergraduate - Freshman
A. James Clark School of Engineering — Chemical Engineering

Jack Bishop
Undergraduate - Sophomore
A. James Clark School of Engineering — Aerospace Engineering

Samuel Castaneda
Undergraduate - Junior
College of Information Studies — Information Science

James Cockey
Undergraduate - Junior
College of Arts and Humanities — Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Alex Cohen 
Undergraduate - Senior 
Robert H. Smith School of Business — Finance

Laura Harris 
Doctoral Student 
College of Education — Student Affairs

Vinoj Jayasundara
Doctoral Student
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Computer Science

Bryan Mashiri
Undergraduate - Sophomore
College of Information Studies  — Information Science

Luke McCormick
Graduate Student
Robert H. Smith School of Business — Business Administration

Erik Mechtel
Undergraduate - Senior
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Science  — Mathematics and Physics   

Amari Seldon
Undergraduate - Junior
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences — Psychology

Kevin Sloan
Doctoral Student
College of Arts and Humanities — Music

Raena Smith
Undergraduate - Senior
College of Information Studies — Information Science

Behrad Soleimanitapehsari
Doctoral Student
A. James Clark School of Engineering — Electrical Engineering

 

 

FACULTY

Elizabeth Arnold 
College of Arts and Humanities — English

Michael Buckhout-White 
College of Arts and Humanities — National Foreign Language Center

Rance Cleaveland  
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Computer Science

Lauretta Clough   
College of Arts and Humanities  — School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Thejappa Golla   
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Astronomy

Kathleen Kendall 
College of Arts and Humanities — Communication

Leslie Mostow  
School of Architecture Planning, and Preservation — Real Estate Development

Eugene Robinson 
College of Arts and Humanities — English

A. Surjalal Sharma 
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Astronomy

Brice Trossbach  
Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute 

 

EMERITI  FACULTY

Jorge Aguilar Mora
College of Arts and Humanities - School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Ronald Armstrong
A. James Clark School of Engineering — Mechanical Engineering 

Roger Betancourt
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences — Economics

Bonnie Braun 
School of Public Health — Family Science

Jon Franklin
Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Kenneth Kammeyer
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences — Sociology

Michael Kearney 
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources — Environmental Science and Technology

Joseph Lengermann 
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences — Sociology

Donald Messersmith 
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Entomology and Ornithology

Charles Misner
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Physics

Charles Mitter
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Entomology

John Pease
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences — Sociology 

Moon-Jhong Rhee
A. James Clark School of Engineering — Electrical & Computer Engineering 

Manfred Wuttig
A. James Clark School of Engineering  — Materials Science & Engineering

 

STAFF

David Baugh 
College of Information Studies

Charles "Lefty" Driesell
Intercollegiate Athletics — Men's Basketball 

Yusef Jones 
Residential Facilities — Community Maintenance

John Slaughter
Office of the President — Chancellor of the University

Deborah Yeagley 
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences — Geology

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