Newsletter of the
Society
Volume 5, Number 1; May 1998
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Inside...KAP's CoffinRemembering KAP Porter Activities Porter House In Memoriam Other short articles
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In Memoriam: Esther BirdsallEsther Birdsall, retired University of Maryland professor and Katherine Anne Porter Room docent, died on April 16, 1998. Dr. Birdsall, a Michigan native and graduate of Central Michigan College, received a master's degree in English from the University of Arizona and a doctorate in English from the University of Maryland. She taught at Hood College for about a year before joining the Maryland faculty, where she remained for thirty-two years, retiring in 1993. She served five semesters as a docent in the Katherine Anne Porter Room, from September 1995 through December 1997. She was also a volunteer with the university's Episcopal Campus Ministry. Survivors include her husband of fifty years, Lloyd Birdsall of Hyattsville, MD, two daughters, and four grandchildren. Contributions can be sent to Friends of the Libraries, McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; the Episcopal Campus Ministry, 2116 Memorial Chapel, University of Maryland; or to St. Michael's and All Angels Church, 8501 New Hampshire Avenue, Adelphi, MD 29783. |