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MAC to Millennium, University of Maryland Archives
Pablo Neruda Literary Award-Distinguished university professor and poet Jose Emilio Pacheco was awarded the first Pablo Neruda Literary Award in 2004; the prize was established to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Chilean Nobel Laureate.
Parcels of land-the 428 acres of land which George and Charles Benedict Calvert sold to the Maryland Agricultural College on March 22, 1858, to form the original campus were named "Rossburgh Farm" and consisted of parcels known as "Arthur's Stamp," "Original Buck Lodge," "Resurvey on Buck Lodge," "New Look Out," "Godfather's Gift," and "Belt's Range"
Parking meters-as of January 15, 2005, there were approximately 451 parking meters on campus
Parking spaces-as of January 15, 2005, there were approximately 18,500 parking spaces on campus, of which 15,770 require a parking permit
Patterson, H. J., Hall-constructed in 1931; named
for Harry Jacob Patterson, president of the Maryland Agricultural College,
1913-1917
Patterson, J. M., Building-constructed in 1953; designed by Ted Englehardt; named for James Milton Patterson, member of the Board of Regents, 1935-1953.
Patuxent Building-constructed in 1990; named for the Patuxent River.
Peace Garden-garden created in 2003 to
honor the memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The garden, located at the east end of McKeldin Mall near Main Administration,
marks the spot where the flowers placed along the ODK fountain during
the campus's memorial service on September 12, 2001, were buried. The
site includes a plaque with the phrase "May Peace Prevail on Earth" and
an explanation of the garden's origin.
Pendulum-in 1955, the Standard Art, Marble and Tile Company installed a Foucault pendulum in the Mathematics Building, which, as it slowly turned, created a sensation of the entire building revolving; the pendulum itself is no longer in place, but the tile work remains in the floor as a reminder
Penn Relays-annual indoor track relays held at the University of Pennsylvania during April; University of Maryland relay teams won the competition numerous times
Ph.D.-the first doctorate awarded by the University of Maryland after the establishment of the Graduate School was given to Charles E. Sando in 1920; Dr. Sando received his degree in botany, and his dissertation was entitled "The Process of Ripening in the Tomato, especially from the Commercial Standpoint"
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, Eta chapter-oldest fraternity on campus, founded January 8, 1897; the chapter dedicated a tree on McKeldin Mall near Woods Hall on September 13, 1997 honoring the over 1700 students who have been initiated into the oldest continuing fraternity at the University of Maryland
Plaques-the University of Maryland landscape is
dotted with numerous plaques honoring faculty, staff, students, alumni,
and events in campus history; many of the plaques are attached to particular
structures and have been listed elsewhere in MAC to Millennium;
others of interest include:
- memorial for Kelly Elizabeth Nalwasky, located between LaPlata and Ellicott Halls
- Maryland Agricultural College map, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the November 1912 fire, behind Shoemaker Hall
- Agricultural History of the Maryland Agricultural College, located in front of Morrill Hall
- Pearson Gate, dedicated to Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, president of the University (1926-1935), located on the south side of McKeldin Mall; reunion gift of the Class of 1934
- memorial for Richard T. Farrell, Department of History, 1965-1991, located near the Pearson Gate
- plaques honoring Charles and Ruth Manning and Marc F. Pizzuto, both located in Morrill Quad
- memorial for Thomas Charles Dawson, located on the south side of Memorial Chapel
- commemoration of the Class of 1991 gift of college banners and a multi-cultural book endowment, located in Hornbake Plaza
- memorial for Meghan Price, president of the Student Government Association killed in a car accident in 1998, located adjacent to Taliaferro Hall
- memorial tree and plaque, located between Worcester and Somerset Halls, for Jayanth "JJ" Charya (1983-2003), a resident of Worcester Hall and the North Hill Community
Pocomoke Building-dedicated on April 28, 1946; was previously called the Fire Service Extension Building; named for the Pocomoke River and served as a fire house from 1946 to 1994
Potomac Building-constructed in 1955; named for the Potomac River
Preinkert Field House-the cornerstone was laid June 8, 1931, and the building was dedicated December 1, 1931; named for Alma H. Preinkert, Registrar, 1919-1954, by action of the Board of Regents on March 12, 1954. Major Howard W. Cutler of Montgomery County, Maryland, designed the field house. The pool was added in 1951.
Presidents-The current president of the University of Maryland is C. D. Mote, Jr., who began his tenure in September 1998. For information on past presidents and chancellors of the College Park campus and the University System of Maryland, see the Past Presidents.
President of the United States-first president to visit campus was Dwight D. Eisenhower; he delivered an address opening the White House Conference on Children and Youth on March 27, 1960, in the Cole Student Activities Building. Six years later, Lyndon Johnson paid a surprise visit to campus when he decided at the last moment to address the Conference of State Committees on Criminal Administration meeting in the Center for Adult Education on October 15, 1966. William J. Clinton visited campus in 1993 to celebrate the accomplishments of the Summer of Service program, attending a conference in the Stamp Student Union's Colony Ballroom, and again in 1999, when he encouraged an audience in Ritchie Coliseum to advocate for more support for the Americorps program. Jimmy Carter gave the Second Annual Sadat Lecture for Peace on October 25, 1998, in the Union's Grand Ballroom. President Barack Obama spoke to a rally in support of his health care proposal on September 17, 2009, in the Comcast Center.
Prince George's Hall-constructed in 1944; named for Prince George's County, Maryland
Products-several commodities have been marketed under the University of Maryland or Terrapin names, including Terrapin Cola, introduced by the University Food Service in March 1967, and Maryland cigarettes, marketed circa 1952. The Terp Bar, a creation from the Dairy, invaded campus in May of 1940. The clean-up committee of the Women's League offered a reward to every student who collected fifteen Terp Bar sticks from the grounds in an effort to remove litter from campus.
Pulitzer Prize winners-
Jon Franklin, a 1970 graduate, won two: one in 1979 for feature writing and one in 1985 for explanatory journalism; Louis Harlan, professor emeritus of history, won the 1984 prize for biography; Jane Healy, a 1971 graduate, won in 1988 for journalism; Haynes Johnson, recently appointed to the Knight Chair in the College of Journalism, won in 1966 for distinguished national reporting of the civil rights crisis; David Broder, Journalism faculty member, won the Pulitzer for his 1972 columns in the Washington Post; Patrick Sloyan, Class of 1962, won the 1992 prize for International Reporting for his articles in Newsday on battlefield tactics and "friendly fire" incidents during the Persian Gulf War; Eric Newhouse, 1971 M.A., earned the 2000 prize for explanatory reporting. His 12-part series, "Alcohol: Cradle to Grave," explores alochol abuse and its impact on individuals, families, and society; Ira Chinoy, visiting journalism professor and doctoral fellow, won in 1993 for investigative reporting and in 1998 for public service; Sarah Cohen, 1992 M. A. and adjunct professor of journalism, earned a Pulitzer in 2002 for investigative reporting for a series in the Washington Post examining deaths of children in Washington, DC; faculty member James MacGregor Burns won his 1971 Pulitzer for History of the United States for his book Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom; Jan Shaffer, who launched J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism within the Philip Merrill College of Journalism in 2002, won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for her work on a series of stories about a man wrongly convicted of five murders in Philadelphia; Deborah Nelson, who joined the College of Journalism faculty in 2006, won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1997 for her report on abuses in HUD's Indian housing program, in collaboration with Alex Tizon and Eric Nalder at the Seattle Times. Leonard Pitts, Jr., a visiting professor in Journalism, won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Eugene (Gene) Roberts, long-time Journalism faculty member, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in History with Atlanta Journal Constitution Managing Editor Hank Klibanoff won the Pulitzer Prize for History for their book, "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation."
