Each year, the UMBC Alumni Association presents awards to honor alumni for their professional and personal achievements and service to the University.
The 2014 awards will be presented on Thursday, October 9, 2014, at an awards ceremony in the Albin O. Kuhn Library on the UMBC campus. If you’d like to attend the ceremony and celebrate with us, please register through the Homecoming website.
Congratulations to the 2014 Alumni Award Winners!
The UMBC Alumni Association proudly honors these distinguished alumni and faculty for their accomplishments and dedication to the university:
2014 Alumni Award Winners
Engineering and Information Technology
Dr. Claudia Pearce ’89 M.S., ’94 Ph.D., Computer Science
Senior Computer Science Authority, NSA
Humanities
Donna Lewis ’86, English
Attorney, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Michael Adelstein ’96, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
CEO, Potomac Photonics, Inc.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Kaliope Parthemos ’93, Psychology
Chief of Staff, Office of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Visual and Performing Arts
Hadieh Shafie ’04 M.F.A., Imaging and Digital Arts
Independent Artist
Distinguished Service
Gib Mason ’95, Economics
Chief Operating Officer & Director of the Center for Leadership and Innovation, UMBC Training Centers
Rising Star
Isaac Kinde ’05, Biological Sciences
M.D./Ph.D. Candidate, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Outstanding Faculty
Dr. Anne Spence
Professor of the Practice, Department of Mechanical Engineering
