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Alumni Awards – October 6, 2016

Published: Dec 7, 2016

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The 2016 Alumni Awards recipients were honored at the Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC. Learn more about our past award winners

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Joseph Jones '06

Ruby Lu '94

Thomas Sadowski '89

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2016 winners with President Freeman Hrabowski and Alumni Board President John Becker ’01

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