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MAC to Millennium, University of Maryland Archives
Garden at Chesapeake Building-dedicated in memory of N. William Hartline, former assistant director of purchasing in the Department of Procurement and Supply
Garrett Hall-constructed in 1948; named for Garrett County, Maryland
Gatehouse-located at the main (north) entrance to campus; 4 plaques honoring the founders of the Maryland Agricultural College appear on the walls; also featured at this gateway is a University of Maryland seal, gift of the Class of 1995
Gateway, 1910-ornamental arch located adjacent to the Rossborough Inn; gift of the Class of 1910; erected in 1941
Gemstone Program-four-year citation program created in 1996 by William Destler, then serving as Dean of Engineering, in which teams of undergraduate Honors students examine problems at the interface of science and technology.
Ghosts-the ghost of Marie Mount allegedly plays the piano on stormy nights in the hall named for her, and members of the Maryland Ghosts and Spirits Association detected the presence of several other spirits in Marie Mount Hall during an investigation in October 2002. Larry Donnelly, a former Dining Services employee, spotted a female ghost in the Rossborough Inn in 1981, during renovations to the building. Several weeks later, a waiter at the Inn saw the same woman, dressed in yellow, as Donnelly had described. Spirits have also been detected in Morrill Hall, and ghosts are rumored to inhabit Easton Hall, the Stamp Student Union, H. J. Patterson Hall, and the Alpha Omicron Pi and Kappa Delta sorority houses.
Golden Globe Winners-School of Music faculty member Chris Vadala won a Golden Globe Award as part of the Chuck Mangione Quartet for the soundtrack to the movie Children of Sanchez; this album appeared in 1978.
Golden ID-program which allows retired Maryland residents over 60 to take university courses tuition free
Golf, men's-first organized in 1940; Deane Beman, who played on the team, became a commissioner of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA)
Golf, women's-first season began in the Fall 1999 semester.
Golf Hall of Fame, World-Deane Beman, class of 1961, entered the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000; Beaman was chosen primarily to honor his accomplishments as commissioner of the PGA Tour, a position he held from 1974 to 1994
Goodwill Games-Track coach Andrew Valmon, who came to campus in 2003, won gold medals in track at the 1990 and 1994 Goodwill Games. He also won a gold medal at the track world championships in 1993 and gold medals at the Olympics in 1988 and 1992.
Graduate Gardens and Hills-apartments originally owned and maintained by the university as graduate student housing; now maintained by a private company for the same purpose; Graduate Gardens constructed in 1964, Graduate Hills constructed in 1969
Graduate, Oldest-At 83, Henrietta Speigel became the University
of Maryland's oldest graduate. In May 1989, she received a degree in English
with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
Graduate Studies-The first graduate degrees beyond the bachelor's degree conferred by the University of Maryland at College Park and its predecessors were awarded by the Maryland Agricultural College in 1874. In that year, the Rev. David Hall and F. A. Soper received A.M. Degrees. A formal Graduate School was approved by the Board of Trustees in 1919; the 1919-20 Catalogue set out, for the first time, a description of the Graduate School and the requirements for the advanced degrees. These included the M.S. and Ph.D. in Agriculture and the Natural Sciences, the M.A. in Liberal Arts, Education, and Home Economics, and the Ph.D. in Liberal Arts. The first Ph.D. was awarded to Charles E. Sando in 1920. (see also Master's degrees and Ph.D.)
"Graham Cracker"-name given to lot on College Avenue where pep rallies were held; term first used from 1958 to 1963 when the lot was vacant, and the dirt-filled area looked like a "graham cracker"
Grammy Winners-Joan McFarland, Class of 1981, received a Grammy award for "best choral performance" in 2000 for her work on a recording of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. McFarland conducted the Maryland Boy Choir which joined with the Washington Chorus and Orchestra and the Shenandoah Conservatory Choir to perform the award-winning piece. Delious Kennedy, Class of 1992, won a Grammy with the group All-4-One in 1994 in the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal category for the single "I Swear." Cedric Dent, Ph. D. 1997, is a seven-time Grammy winner with the Southern a capella gospel and jazz group Take Six. School of Music faculty member Chris Vadala won two Grammys with the Chuck Mangione Quartet for the albums "Bellavia" (1976) and "Children of Sanchez" (1978).
Grass (2004)-there are 250 acres of actual turf on the main campus.
Gudelsky, Avrum, Veterinary Center-constructed in 1989; named for Avrum Gudelsky, alumnus
Gymkana-university-sponsored
exhibition gymnastic troupe dedicated to promoting a drug-free life-style;
first organized in 1946, first performed in 1947; one of the oldest groups
of its kind in the United States
Gymnastics-first
official competition in women's gymnastics occurred in 1973; won the ACC
Championship in 1988
Gymnastics, All-Americans-Jill Fisher and Gillian Cote, co-captains of the 2000-2001 gymnastics team, became the first University of Maryland gymnasts to be named NCAA All-Americans, in the spring of 2001.
