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J. Paul Carey ’82 M.B.A. CEO, Enumerate Terry Flannery ’83, ’87 M.Ed., ’95 Ph.D. Assistant Vice President, University Marketing and Communications John Girouard ’81 President and CEO, Capital Asset Management Group Anil Gupta Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy and Organization, Robert H. Smith School of Business Danita D. Nias ’81 Executive Director, Alumni Relations Vicki Rymer ’61, ’66 M.B.A., ’83 Ph.D. Teaching Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business Keith Scroggins ’79 Bureau Head of General Services, City of Baltimore, Dept. of Public Works Lee Thornton Professor and Eaton Chair, Philip Merrill College of Journalism MAGAZINE STAFF
Dianne Burch Executive Editor Beth A. Morgen Managing Editor John T. Consoli ’86 Creative Director Jeanette J. Nelson Art Director Mira Azarm ’01 Margaret Hall ’84 Joshua Harless Brian Payne Contributing Designers Monette A. Bailey ’89 Kimberly Marselas ’00 Tom Ventsias Writers Katrina Altersitz Amy Harbison Jessica Price Juan Manuel Ramirez Pamela Stone ’95 M.A. Ellen Ternes ’68 Mark Walden ’96 Contributing Writers Michael D’Angelo Arthur Silber Jessica Weglein Magazine Interns E-mail terpmag@umd.edu Terp magazine is published by the Division of University Relations. Letters to the editor are welcomed. Send correspondence to Beth Morgen, Managing Editor, Terp magazine, Alumni Association, Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, College Park, MD 20742-1521. Or, send an e-mail to terpmag@umd.edu The University of Maryland, College Park, is an equal opportunity institution with respect to both education and employment. University policies, programs and activities are in conformance with pertinent federal and state laws and regulations on non-discrimination regarding race, color, religion, age, national origin, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Dear Alumni and Friends, WE MAY BE well into the New Year, but the Maryland community is still reveling from two announcements made in 2005. The first came bright and early on an October morning, when Professor Emeritus Thomas Schelling learned he was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics.The university shared the news with the world just a few hours later at a special press conference held at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. Professor Schelling’s research on game theory analysis has influenced global security, and we congratulate him on an honor well deserved. (Read more about Professor Schelling’s research on page 3.) Weeks later, there was more good news, this time from the alumni ranks. Robert Fischell, a 1953 graduate known for inventing life-saving medical devices, announced that he is giving $30 million to the A. James Clark School of Engineering (see page 29).This historic gift will establish the Fischell Department of Bioengineering and the Robert E. Fischell Institute of Biomedical Research, inspiring today’s students to improve the health of the world. The celebration continues in 2006— March 6, to be exact. It was on this day, 150 years ago, that the Maryland Agricultural College was chartered. From this small institution, focused on the science of farming, grew the university we know today. Students of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources still study on the farm occupying a small corner of the campus, but they also conduct cutting-edge research aimed to improve the health of humans, the environment and the economy. Read all about it in “Our Deeply Rooted History” on page 22.
Learn more about Maryland’s journey from “cow college” to public research university in “A Maryland Movie: 150 Years and Rolling” on page 18. Coming soon to a TV screen near you,“Keeping the Promise:The Rise of the University of Maryland,” marks Maryland’s milestones in cinematic fashion from the 1953 football team’s national championship to Professor Ira Berlin’s writings on slavery and emancipation. What better time to toast the university’s achievements than during our anniversary year? I, for one, will raise a glass to Alma Mater, thanks to a recommendation from renowned wine expert Robert Parker ’70. It was as a student here that Parker began a wine tasting group. Several years and a law degree later, he more than lives up to the name of his popular consumer guide, The Wine Advocate. (See page 26 for more on Parker.) Regardless of how you choose to celebrate the university’s success, the message is the same: Maryland, you have arrived. Cheers!
Danita D. Nias ’81 Executive Director, Alumni Relations