Kenneth M. Callaway, CCAS BA ’60, an entrepreneur The Washington Post once dubbed a “self-made newsletter mogul,” died Dec. 8. Kenneth Miller Callaway, a native of Arkadelphia, Ark., grew up in Alexandria and graduated from George Washington High School in 1952. After serving in the Army for two years, he received a bachelor’s degree in […]
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Gordon A. “Bud” Durna, GWSB BBA ’66
Gordon A. “Bud” Durna, GWSB BBA ’66, Captain United States Navy (retired), passed away January 3, 2012. He was born November 19, 1919, in New York City, N.Y., to Clement and Alice Durna. Captain Durna attended New York University, Kansas University and graduated in 1966, from George Washington University in Washington D.C., with a B.B.A […]
Thomas H. Truitt, CCAS BA ’60
Thomas H. Truitt, CCAS BA ’60, a retired Washington lawyer whose clients included Occidental Petroleum during its years of litigation over the Love Canal environmental disaster in Upstate New York, died Dec. 27 in Lexington, Va. Thomas Hulen Truitt was born in St. Louis and raised in Washington, where he attended the private St. Albans […]
Houston M. McMurray, SPHHS MBA ’65
Houston M. McMurray, SPHHS MBA ’65, a retired Army captain and Veterans Administration program analyst, died Dec. 4 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. Houston Moore McMurray was born in Portland, Ore. He was a 1948 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. His military career included an assignment in Japan after […]
Harold A. “Hal” Hayes, GSEHD MS ’67
Harold A. “Hal” Hayes, GSEHD MS ’67, a retired Marine Corps colonel who later served 15 years as a civilian intelligence analyst for the Naval Intelligence Command, died Nov. 20 at the Fairfax at Fort Belvoir retirement community. Col. Hayes served in three wars in the course of a 26-year military career. In World War […]
Irving W. Lindenblad, CCAS MA ’63
Irving W. Lindenblad, CCAS MA ’63, an astronomer who retired from the U.S. Naval Observatory and who also served as a clergyman, died Nov. 11. He was a Washington resident. Rev. Lindenblad worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory from 1957 to 1989. He managed the observation program for sunspots — dark spots on the surface […]
Bernard J. Pankowski, GWBS MS ’65
Bernard J. Pankowski, GWBS MS ’65, an Army colonel who retired in 1975 from the office of the assistant secretary of defense for telecommunications, died Nov. 11. He was a Springfield resident. Col. Pankowski served nearly 30 years in the Army. His assignments included command of a signal battalion in South Korea from 1965 to […]
Harry Pitt, GSEHD BS ’52, MA ’55, EdD ’65
Harry Pitt, GSEHD BS ’52, MA ’55, EdD ’65, who was regarded as a careful steward of Montgomery County Public Schools during his term as superintendent from 1987 to 1991, died Dec. 3 at his home in Rockville. After teaching in Arlington County, Dr. Pitt joined Montgomery County Public Schools in 1962 as an assistant […]
Government Versus Markets
Economics alumni gathered for an alumni reception and lecture Nov. 7 by Vito Tanzi, CCAS BA’ 59, MA ’61, on his new book Government Versus Markets: The Changing Economic Role of the State. (More photos…)
John Harris, CCAS BA ’68, MFA ’75
John Harris, CCAS BA ’68, MFA ’75, retired as creative director in advertising and publishing. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, with his partner, Dale Roberts, of 20 years. He resumed fine art making for Canadian and international projects.