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Sue A. Marcum ('76), 52, a Nottingham High
School graduate was killed in her Bethesda, Md. home. Police in
neighboring Washington arrested an 18-year-old man who was found
driving her car. Sue Marcum was found by a friend shortly
before 11 a.m. Monday, Montgomery County police said in a
release.
Her home, on the 6200 block of Massachusetts Avenue, had been
broken into, police said, and she suffered trauma.
Tuesday morning, Washington police said they recovered a Jeep
Cherokee believed to have been stolen from Marcum’s home.
The Washington Post reported: “Deandrew Hamlin, 18, was driving
the Jeep on Benning Road NE late Monday when the vehicle passed
a license plate recognition sensor, D.C. police spokeswoman
Istmania Bonilla said. The sensor transmitted a message to
police dispatchers that the Jeep, which had been reported
stolen, was in the area. Police went to Benning Road and
attempted to stop the Jeep, Bonilla said, then gave chase when
Hamlin allegedly tried to drive away. The Jeep crashed into a
crosswalk signpost at the intersection of New York Avenue and M
Street NW. Hamlin, who police said lives in Northwest
Washington, was taken into custody and charged with unauthorized
use of a vehicle and felony fleeing. Montgomery County
homicide detectives and technicians interviewed the driver and
performed a forensic examination of the Jeep Cherokee.
Marcum, a 1976 graduate of Nottingham, was a professor at
American University in Washington. Her parents, Stanley and
Helen Marcum, live in DeWitt. “She wasn’t just my
daughter,” said Helen Marcum, “she was my friend.”
Marcum had taught at American University since 1999. She also
earned her BA in accounting and masters in taxation in AU.
Students at AU have created a page at Facebook. On it, she is
remembered as energetic and smiling. One former student said she
owed her entire career to Marcum. Another said, “If a professor
can make managerial accounting interesting and fun, you now have
a winner. She was one of the best professors I had in my four
years at AU and will be missed tremendously.”
Marcum was also active in the volunteer work, serving with
professional and community organizations, including the Greater
Washington Society of CPAs.
At one point in her career, according to AU, Marcum was head of
taxation for Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey.
The Washington Post reported that sources in law enforcement
said the investigation pointed toward a burglary gone wrong.
The crime remains under investigation, police said.
She loved cooking, running, gardening and spending time with her family and students. Survived by her parents, Stan and Helen Marcum; her brother and sister-in-law, Alan and Barbara Marcum; her nephew, Joshua; and her niece, Rachelle.
Adele Heyman (’76), 49, died January 25, 2008, in New York City. She was the managing program director of the New York Open Center in Soho. She is survived by her fiance, a brother, and two sisters.
Pauline Rosenthal Share (’41), 82, died March 4, 2006, of complications due to a stroke. She was a proud wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Alan (’39); her children: Steven (’71), Susan (’72), Harlan (’76), Ira (‘78) and Hugh (’79).Home |
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