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Congratulations to UMBC Alum Joseph P. McCloskey
('81 M.S., '83 Ph.D., Applied Mathematics) who received the 2007
Outstanding Alumnus Award in the College of Natural and Mathematical
Sciences at a special awards ceremony held Feb. 7, 2007 at the
Loews Hotel in Annapolis. Dr. McCloskey is a senior cryptologic mathematician
for the National Security Agency, where he has worked since 1968. As
technical director of the agency’s Mathematics Research Group
for the past 11 years, he is responsible for coordinating and supervising
the professional training of newly hired mathematicians and statisticians.
Throughout his career, Dr. McCloskey has received numerous citations,
including the prestigious Presidential Rank Award in 2006 and the President’s
Award from the Crypto-Mathematics Institute, the agency’s oldest
learned society, in 2001. He is the author of more than 80 professional
papers, and he has taught one course each semester at UMBC for 20 years.
Dr. McCloskey joins the list of CNMS Alumni
who have been honored as UMBC's Best including Diane Auer Jones,
'88 M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, who was honored as the 2006 Outstanding
Alumna in the Natural & Mathematical Sciences; Sheldon
Broedel, 1984 M.S. and 1990 Ph.D. Biological Sciences, who
was honored as the 2005
Outstanding Alumnus in the Life Sciences; and Paul W. Behrens '80
M.S. and '83 Ph.D. Biological Sciences, who was honored as the 2002
Outstanding Alumnus.
Did you know that David S. Pfarr,
'81 Biological Sciences, serves as the UMBC Alumni Association's
Vice President of Operations? Mr. Pfarr volunteers with 24
other alumni on the Board of Directors, which guides this organization
that serves 44,000 UMBC alumni.
For more information about the UMBC Alumni
Association, please visit retriever
net. For information about supporting UMBC, please visit www.umbc.edu/giving.
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