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Adele H. Stamp (1893–1974), M.A. 1924, dean of women at the University of Maryland, namesake of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union [22] Thomas B. Symons (1880–1970), president of the University of Maryland (1954) [23] Lida Lee Tall (1873–1942), principal and president of State Teachers College at Towson (now Towson University) [24]
Anita Desai FRSL (born Anita Mazumdar, 24 June 1937) is an Indian novelist and Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [1] She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times.
C.V. Vishveshwara (6 March 1938 – 16 January 2017), commonly known as Vishu, was an Indian scientist and black hole physicist. Specializing in Einstein's General Relativity, he worked extensively on the theory of black holes and made major contributions to this field of research since its very beginning. [1]
Anil K. Gupta (born September 24, 1949) is an American academic specializing in business strategy. He holds the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy, Globalization, and Entrepreneurship at University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Maryland: a Guide to the Old Line State. American Guide Series. NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 131+. hdl:2027/mdp.39015054402659. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about Maryland literature) Frank R. Shivers Jr. (1985).
There are currently 55 colleges and universities, defined as accredited, degree-granting, postsecondary institutions, in the state of Maryland.. The state's public universities are part of the University System of Maryland, with the exception of United States Naval Academy, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Morgan State University and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, which ...
Siddhartha Mukherjee (Bengali: সিদ্ধার্থ মুখার্জী; born 21 July 1970) [1] is an Indian-American physician, biologist, and author. He is best known for his 2010 book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, that won notable literary prizes including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, [2] and Guardian First Book Award, [3] among others.
On March 6, 1856, the forerunner of today's University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College. [15] Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert (1808–1864), a future U.S. Representative (Congressman) and descendant of the first Lord Baltimore , purchased 420 acres (1.7 km 2 ) of the Riversdale Mansion estate nearby today ...