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The Academy is often referred to as Annapolis, while sports media refer to the Academy as "Navy" and the students as "Midshipmen"; this usage is officially endorsed. [1] During the latter half of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th, the United States Naval Academy was the primary source of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officers ...
Kimberly S. Johnson (MD, 1997) – professor of medicine at Duke University Kate Breckenridge Karpeles (1887–1941) (MD 1914) – U. S. Army doctor during World War I Kenneth H. Keller – Director of the SAIS Bologna Center, former President of the University of Minnesota system
On February 17, 1902, papers were filed with the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court by the Annapolis Emergency Hospital Association to establish a local hospital. Land was purchased on March 31 of that year at the corner of Franklin and Cathedral Streets in downtown Annapolis, Maryland. On July 18, 1902, the Annapolis Emergency Hospital opened.
The Annapolis Group was first organized in early 1993 in Annapolis, Maryland. Its original members included and expanded upon the Oberlin Group which was first organized in 1984. [ 5 ] The Annapolis Group was created by the presidents of Franklin & Marshall College , Gettysburg College , and Dickinson College . [ 6 ]
Guitarist for the Annapolis-based death metal band Dying Fetus: Laue, Mark: Member of Potomac, Maryland-based doom metal band The Obsessed: Laurence, Mark Drummer for Annapolis-based bands Moss Icon and Breathing Walker [14] Lawson, James Baritone for the Baltimore-based African American doo wop group, with J&S Records, from the 1950s [82] Lee, Rod
In the original state constitution, four delegates were elected from each county to one-year terms, and two were elected from each of the major early cities of Baltimore and Annapolis. [1] Reforms in the 1830s, however, led to the apportionment of delegates by population rather than geography, [ 2 ] and by 1922, delegates served four year terms ...
The Brigade Chapel is a focal point of the Academy and the city of Annapolis. The chapel is an important feature which led to the Academy being designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Traditionally, new third-class midshipmen become "Youngsters" when they sight the chapel dome upon returning from their summer cruise.
The newspaper was founded in 1884 as the Evening Capital and operated under this name until June 20, 1981, when it was shortened to just The Capital. [7] Its founder was William M. Abbott, a former compositor for The Baltimore Sun, who employed his daughter Emma Abbott Gage as the newspaper's editor and his son Charles B. Abbott as business manager.