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MAC to Millennium, University of Maryland Archives
Easton Hall-constructed in 1965; designed by Ted Engelhardt; named for Easton, Maryland, county seat of Talbot County
"Echo Spots"-are mysterious locations on campus, mostly along the Mall, that reflect the sound of voices. The most prominent echo spot is the podium inside a four foot circular wall in front of Montgomery Hall. Many of the echo spots, including the podium which was intended for a statue that was never made, were created in the mid-1980s as a part of landscaping efforts to imporve drainage on the mall and deter people from walking on the grass. Other good echo spots are the alcoves along the mall and spaces in front of Holzapfel, Symons, Marie Mount, Woods, Tydings and H.J. Patterson halls facing the mall.
Elkins Building-constructed in 1979; named for Wilson H. Elkins, president of the University of Maryland, 1954-1978
Elkton Hall-constructed in 1965; named for Elkton, Maryland, county seat of Cecil County
Ellicott Hall-constructed in 1966; designed by Johannes & Murray; named for Ellicott City, Maryland, county seat of Howard County
Elvis-Elvis
Presley performed two concerts in Cole Field House, on September 27 and
28, 1974, to packed houses. Elvis is also connected to campus through
Jack. R. Salamanca, professor of English, author of the novel The Lost
Country. Salamanca's work was the basis for Elvis's film "Wild in
the Country," which originally appeared in 1961.
Emmy Winners-Alumni David Simon and David Mills won an Emmy award on September 10, 2000, for their HBO miniseries entitled "The Corner;" on September 8, 2001, English professor Michael Olmert won an Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming more than one hour)" for his work as co-writer on the film Big Al, a documentary on the allosaurus dinosaur; Jimmy Roberts (Class of 1979) has won 12 Emmy Awards for sports broadcasting, most recently for an "Olympic Moments" feature piece; Senior Media Relations Associate David Ottalini won a National News Emmy for his part in the CNN coverage of the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing; Connie Chung (Class of 1969) has won three Emmys including two (1989 and 1990) for Outstanding Interview/Interviewer and one (1990) for Outstanding News and Documentary Program (Millennium Special); School of Music faculty member Chris Vadala won an Emmy as part of the Chuck Mangione Quartet for the theme song for the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics ("Give It All You Got!"); Catherine (Cassie) Mackin (Class of 1960) also won two Emmys, one for a "20/20" piece she did on drunken driving in 1981 and one as part of the NBC News team that covered the Democratic and Republican national conventions in 1972
Engineering, A. James Clark School of-named in 1994 for A. James Clark, class of 1950, alumnus in civil engineering
Engineering Building-constructed in 1950; monuments
honoring the 100th anniversary of the engineering program and the campus
chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honors society, grace
the outside of the building
Enrollment-first entering class of 1859 consisted of 34 students; current enrollment statistics
ESPN-the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) broadcast its first college football game from Byrd Stadium on September 9, 1979, one day after the new network came on the air; the Terps, led by head coach Jerry Claiborne, defeated Villanova, 24-20.
