ALUMNI TRAVEL July 27–Aug. 8, 2014
Iceland and the North Sea
Explore fjords, volcanic landscapes and Viking lore on this cruise of a lifetime, with visits to Iceland, Scotland, Denmark and other fairy-tale islands. For more about this and other trips, visit alumni.umd.edu/travel or contact Angela Dimopoulos ’07 at 301.405.7938/800.336.8627 or adimop@umd.edu.
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’00s
Atomic physicist ANA MARIA REY PH.D. ’04 won a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the Genius Grant. Rey is an assistant research professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder and a fellow of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics. She will receive $625,000 over five years, and hopes to advance her research on ultra-cold atoms.
’80s
CÉCILE LA GRENADE M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’90 was last year named the first female governor general of Grenada. A food scientist, she previously managed the family’s company making liqueurs, jellies and syrups. Now called Dame Cécile, she represents Queen Elizabeth, who is Grenada’s head of state.
’70s
JOHN GRAVES ’77, owner of the software company NetComm Inc. in Rockville, Md., and married grandfather of five, has signed up for a coveted flight into space on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo later this year. “After meeting (Virgin founder) Richard Branson, I have taken up kite-surfing — at my age,” he told Space.com. “He has inspired me.”
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