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BYalumni Alumni Help Reveal McCarthy’s Secret Sessions
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Nancy THE 50-YEAR-OLD transcripts
of the secret sessions carried out by Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s were brought into the public domain due in large part to the efforts of Maryland alumni. Donald Ritchie ’69 M.A., Ph.D. ’75, associate historian of the U.S. Senate, prepared these volumes for publication, assisted by U.S. Senate historian Richard Baker Ph.D. ’82. It took more than two years for the material to be edited Sen. Joseph McCarthy down for public consumption, and Ritchie says that readying it for publication was not without major obstacles: Scanning the onionskin paper transcripts into computer files for editing often produced garbled text that required manual correction. The original transcription was a professional job, but included misspelled names, misplaced punctuation and misinterpreted words. Then, the 2001 anthrax attack forced Ritchie and Baker from their offices in the Hart Senate Office Building for three months. Their persistence produced five volumes of transcripts containing 161 closed hearings and testimony from almost 500 witnesses, including composer Aaron Copland and poet Langston Hughes. Most importantly, the public has greater insight into the McCarthy era. The executive sessions are available online at www.senate.gov. —RL
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Introducing Class e-Notes, a new feature of the Terp Alumni Network, your online alumni community.
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Register for the Terp Alumni Network for FREE at www.alumni.umd.edu and • Submit your e-note • Sign up for a Terp e-mail forwarding address • Update your profile and search for fellow classmates in the Alumni Directory The Terp Alumni Network is available only to University of Maryland, College Park, graduates and to members of the alumni association. Questions? Contact 301.405.4678 or 800.336.8627.
Douglas Fanning has made it in New York with distinct designs like the Cross 1 table.
A New Way to Toast Terrapin Pride Hip Creations from Architecture Grad
RAISE A GLASS to the latest offering from the alumni associ-
SPINDLY STEEL LEGS, crouched like a spider’s, taper to four
elegant points where they touch the floor. A clear rectangular box mounted below—not above—the steel legs is small in proportion to the legs, and provides little space for resting a glass or book. This arachnid table is the creation of burgeoning designer and Maryland alumnus Douglas Fanning ’90. Pictured above, “Cross 1,” as the table is known, won Fanning a prestigious design award in 2001 and catapulted him into the spotlight as one of the hottest new designers in New York City. Fanning, 35, creates unique furniture, modern dance sets and chic apartments. The School of Architecture grad gained experience designing stores for high-end retailers such as Gucci and Donna Karan. He draws his experience from Frank Lloyd Wright, the American designer and father of Prairie style architecture, and Eero Saarinen, the Finnish designer whose masterpieces include the Trans World Airlines terminal at JFK airport. Fanning also draws inspiration from his background in rural Maryland. He grew up in Frederick County near Gettysburg, Pa., which he describes as a “beautifully built” old town. “It gives me a sense of place that I enjoy and fall back on,” he says. Fanning debuted his studio, DYAD, and his newest table, “Ori,” last year to high acclaim. “Ori,” which loosely means “folded cloth” in Japanese, looks like a floating blanket, with its dropped corners and nearly invisible center support. Further evidence of Fanning’s success is now apparent in one of New York’s top, ultra-modern furniture stores. Troy features Fanning’s furniture as one of its few American lines. —SK
ABOVE PHOTOS COURTESY OF DOUGLAS FANNING
ation—a collection of fine wines with a custom designed private label. Members of the Prince George’s Alumni Club selected the wines based on the results from a blind tasting during the club’s Annual Wine Tasting held last spring. The portfolio includes chardonnay, merlot, cabernet sauvignon and sparkling wines that represent several awardwinning vineyards in California. The private label portrays a rendering of the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center and is the first in an annual commemorative series that will depict images from the Maryland campus.(See Riggs rendering on page four.) The alumni association works with Signature Wine Cellars in Hayward, Calif., to distribute the wines, which are available in four-bottle gift sets and 12-bottle cases. Alumni association members receive a 10 percent discount on their purchase. For more on the portfolio and to order online, visit www.alumni.umd.edu, or call 888.YOUR.WINE. Wines will also be available at local retail stores. For a store list, call 301.405.2728, ext. 22. —BAM
PHOTO COURTESY OF SIGNATURE WINE CELLARS
Ron Menchine ’56, former “voice” of the Washington Senators, baseball historian and postcard enthusiast combines all of his expertise in his series of books. Baseball Team Collectibles, A Picture Postcard History of Baseball, and Tuff Stuff’s Baseball Postcard Collection explore baseball history through pictures, descriptions and memorabilia, while Propaganda Postcards of World War II is aimed at the history buff. Menchine is offering a 20 percent discount on his books to members of the alumni association. For more information contact him at 410.592.7152 or at PO Box 1, Long Green, MD 21092. David Kushner ’89 explores the minds of John Carmack and John Romero, the creators of “Doom” and “Quake,” two of the most successful and controversial videogame franchises of all time, in Masters of Doom. The book chronicles the journey the creators underwent to create a cultural phenomenon and how the process eventually destroyed their friendship. In Tales of the Maryland Terrapins, Dave Ungrady ’81 looks at the history of athletics at the University of Maryland. The book explores more than 100 years of rich athletic tradition, starting with the university’s first athletic event in 1888.
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