UMD Memorial Celebration
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Memorial Celebration: Remembering the Lives of Maryland Students, Faculty and Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2026
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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 sixth 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 2025 through April 2026 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.
In Memoriam April 2025 - April 2026
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
Victoria Alexander Terry, Doctoral, College of Education — Human Development
Chester Brandon, Senior, Robert H. Smith School of Business — Information Systems
Allison Keen, Junior, Robert H. Smith School of Business — Accounting
James Rankin, Doctoral, College of Arts and Humanities — English
Staff
David Awkard, University Health Center — General Medicine
Ian Bholai, Department of Transportation Services — Shuttle
Charles Curtis, Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk — Hazardous Waste Facility
Dieunie Gabriel, Dining Services — South Campus
Rebekah Giannakos, University Health Center — Nurse Practitioner
Charles Lin, Division of Information Technology — Software Engineering
Sarah Megonigal, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Science — Physics
Ruby Reese Moone, Memorial Chapel — Chaplain Emeritus
Lauren Neimeyer, Division of Information Technology — Academic Technology and Innovation
Miles Williams, Facilities Management — Planning and Construction
Emeriti
A. Lynn Bolles, College of Arts and Humanities — Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Norman Epstein, School of Public Health — Family Science
Wayne McIntosh, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences — Government and Politics
Faculty
Thomas Beigel, A. James Clark School of Engineering — Keystone Program
Robert Daywalt, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
Alan Drew, Extended Studies — Criminology and Criminal Justice
Howard Elman, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences — Computer Science
Michael Elonge, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources — Maryland Extension
Richard Livingston, A. James Clark School of Engineering — Materials Science and Engineering
Joseph Perfetti, Robert H. Smith School of Business — Finance
Philip Soergel, College of Arts and Humanities — History
Thomas Stommel, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
Shabnam Tafreshi, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences