Citation:
MAC to Millennium, University of Maryland Archives
Academic Departments (1998)-83; (2001)-88
Academy Award winners-Dianne Wiest, Class of 1969, won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie "Bullets over Broadway"; she also won the same award in 1986 for "Hannah and Her Sisters." Mark Lasoff, Class of 1988, won an Oscar in 1998 for best achievement in visual effects for the movie "Titanic."
ACC-Atlantic
Coast Conference; the University of Maryland is a charter member of this
intercollegiate athletics organization; the Terrapins compete against
the University of Virginia, North Carolina State University, Georgia Institute
of Technology (Georgia Tech), Clemson University, Florida State University,
University of North Carolina, Wake Forest University, and Duke University;
Virginia Tech and Miami University will become members in 2004-2005 and
Boston College will join in 2005-2006.
Acres on campus (2004)-1,382 including off-campus locations that the University is responsibile for maintaining; 650 acres comprise main campus, not including the woods and the golf course.
African-American students-the first African-American
undergraduate student was Hiram Whittle, who entered the University of
Maryland in 1951; the first African-American graduate student to complete
his coursework on campus was Parren James Mitchell, who received his M.A.
in sociology in 1952; the first African-American female undergraduate
at the university was Elaine Johnson, who began her studies in 1955 and
received her degree in education in 1959.
Other early African-American students at the university include Rose Shockley Wiseman, Myrtle Holmes Wake, and John Francis Davis, who completed their coursework off-campus but received their master's degrees in education at the June 9, 1951, commencement ceremony in College Park, and Selma Romaine Mason Toye, who received a M.Ed. degree on August 2, 1957.
In 1966 Rebecca Carroll became the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Maryland. She received her degree in Education, and her dissertation was entitled "A Comparative Study of the Self-Perceptions of Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls as Learners."
Allegany Hall-dormitory; constructed 1954; named for Allegany County, Maryland
Alumni Day-celebration associated with June graduation exercises. Among the activities on Alumni Day were planting ivy by the senior class (begun in 1926), a tug-of-war between the Sophomore and Freshman classes, the passing on of school traditions, and class reunions.
Alumni, famous-a number of Maryland alumni have
gone on to achieve fame, including Carl Bernstein (reporter for the Washington
Post who helped break the Watergate story); Connie Chung (television
news anchor); Larry David (co-creator and executive producer of "Seinfeld");
Len Elmore (sportscaster on ESPN); Roland Martin (fishing expert and broadcaster);
Odonna Matthews (vice president for consumer affairs at Giant Food); Mark
McEwen (weather and entertainment editor for "CBS This Morning"); Parren
Mitchell (congressman); Galo Plaza (president of Ecuador); Pernell Roberts
(actor); Ken Waissman (Broadway producer); Dianne Wiest (actress); Vashti
McKenzie (first women to be elected bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal
Church; Jason Kravitz (actor on the television series "The Practice")
(see also Alumni Hall of Fame,
Alumni of Note and Quarterback Factory,
among other headings)
Alumni Hall of Fame-celebrates individuals whose
personal and professional achievements have brought honor and distinction
to the University of Maryland; displayed in Stamp Student Union; inaugural
members in 1995: Carmen Balthrop '71, Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd '08,
A. James Clark '50, William P. Cole, Jr., '10, Mary Stallings Coleman
'35, Geary F. Eppley '20, '26, Charles L. Fefferman '66, Herbert A. Hauptman
'55, Jim Henson '60, Steny H. Hoyer '63, Carlisle H. Humelsine '37, Munro
Leaf '27, Samuel J. LeFrak '40, Parren J. Mitchell '52, Jane Cahill Pfeiffer
'54, Judith A. Resnik '77, Chun-Shan Shen '61, William W. Skinner 1895,
Adele H. Stamp '24, Reginald V. Truitt '14, and Millard E. Tydings '10
Inductees in June 2000 were: Adisai Bodharamik (Ph.D. 1970), Waldo Burnside (B.S. 1949), Robert F. Chandler, Jr. (Ph.D. 1934), Ruth Davis (M.S. 1952, Ph.D. 1955, honorary doctorate 1993), Len Elmore (B.A. 1978), Norman "Boomer" Esiason (B.A. 1984), John E. Faber (B.S. 1926, M.S. 1928, Ph.D. 1937), Robert E. Fischell (M.S. 1953, honorary doctorate 1996), Harry Hughes (B.S. 1949), Hugh Jacobsen (B.A. 1951, honorary doctorate 1993), Albin O. Kuhn (B.S. 1938, M.S. 1939, Ph.D. 1948), George J. Laurer (B.S. 1951), Kathleen Magee (M.Ed. 1972), Evelyn Pasteur Valentine (M.S. 1967, Ed.D. 1986).
Further information on the Hall of Fame can be found on the Alumni Association website.
Annapolis Hall-originally constructed in 1924; designed by Flournoy & Flournoy; razed and rebuilt in 1988; named for the state capital, Annapolis, Maryland
Anne Arundel Hall-constructed in 1937; named for Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Apiary-constructed in 1951 adjacent to the McNamee Cemetery near Byrd Stadium; home to the University of Maryland bee colony, which produces several varieties of honey sold on campus.
Architecture Building-constructed in 1972; special features of the building include a plaque dedicated to Henry Powell Hopkins in honor of his support of the School of Architecture and a sculpture behind the building given in memory of Herbert E. Rycroft II, sculpted by Raymond Kaskey in 1972
Astronauts-Judith Resnik, one of the astronauts who perished in the Challenger explosion, received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1977; Paul Richards, a 1991 graduate of campus with a master's degree in mechanical engineering, spent March 8-21, 2001, in space on the STS-102 Discovery mission to the International Space Station. He presented University of Maryland President C. D. Mote, Jr., with a banner he took on his first mission into space at a ceremony during Maryland Day 2001. William (Willie) McCool, who died aboard the space shuttle Columbia, received his master's degree in computer science from the university in 1985. Richard "Ricky" Arnold II (M.S., Marine Biology, UMCP, 1992) was selected as a member of the 2004 class of astronaut recruits.
Athletes, African-American--The University of Maryland led the way in integrating intercollegiate competition in several sports in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Maryland fielded the first African-American team members in swimming (John Williams, 1964-1965); track (Elmore Hunter, 1965); football (Darryl Hill, 1962); and men's basketball (Billy Jones, 1964).
