Salisbury University (Salisbury) is a public university in Salisbury,Maryland,United States. Founded in 1925,Salisbury is a member of the University System of Maryland,with a fall 2022 enrollment of 7,123.
Janet Ann Napolitano is an American politician,lawyer,and academic administrator. She served as president of the University of California from 2013 to 2020,on the faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California,Berkeley since 2015,the United States secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2013,and the governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009.
Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,she also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987. Mikulski is the third-longest-serving female United States Senator,and the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Maryland history.
Fairmont State University is a public university in Fairmont,West Virginia.
El Colegio de México,A.C. is a Mexican institute of higher education,specializing in teaching and research in social sciences and humanities.
Janet Davison Rowley was an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers,thus proving that cancer is a genetic disease. Rowley spent the majority of her life working in Chicago and received many awards and honors throughout her life,recognizing her achievements and contributions in the area of genetics.
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake is an American politician and attorney who served as the 50th Mayor of Baltimore from 2010 to 2016,the second woman to hold that office. She has also served as secretary of the Democratic National Committee and as president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
Bertha Sheppard Adkins,was an educator,political activist,public servant,and a community leader.
Why Did I Get Married Too? is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Tyler Perry and starring Janet Jackson,Tyler Perry,Tasha Smith,Jill Scott,Louis Gossett Jr.,Malik Yoba,Michael Jai White,Sharon Leal,Richard T. Jones,Lamman Rucker,and Cicely Tyson. Produced by Lionsgate and Tyler Perry Studios,it is the sequel to Why Did I Get Married? (2007). The film shares the interactions of four couples who undertake a week-long retreat to improve their relationships.
Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian who is serving as the 14th librarian of Congress. Since the creation of the office of the librarian of Congress in 1802,Hayden is both the first African American and the first woman to hold this post. Appointed in 2016,she is the first professional librarian to hold the post since 1974.
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz was an American figure in education,civil rights and the women's movement. She was the first African-American president of the National Education Association and director of the United States Department of Labor Women's Bureau.
Dudley is an English toponymic surname associated with the town of Dudley in West Midlands,England. Notable people with the surname include:
Sheela Murthy is a lawyer,entrepreneur,and philanthropist,perhaps best known as founder and president of Murthy Law Firm,based in Owings Mills,Maryland.
Gertrude Louise Poe was an American journalist,lawyer,real estate agent,insurance agent,and radio broadcaster who served as the editor of Laurel Leader in Laurel,Maryland from 1939 to 1980. She was known as "Maryland's First Lady of Journalism."
Laurie Gagnon Lachance is an American economist and college administrator. Since 2012,she has been the president of Thomas College in Waterville,Maine,and is the first woman to fill that post. She was previously the first woman Maine State Economist and the first woman president of the Maine Development Foundation. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
Charles A. "Chuck" Wight is the ninth president of Salisbury University,a master's-level university located in Salisbury,Maryland.
Carmen Delgado Votaw was a civil rights pioneer,a public servant,an author,and community leader. She earned an associate degree at the University of Puerto Rico and graduated from American University in Washington,D.C.,with a bachelor of arts in international studies. She was subsequently awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities by Hood College in Frederick,Maryland.
Alta Elizabeth Schrock was an American biology professor and community activist in Western Maryland who was the first Mennonite woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D.
Jacob "Jake" R. Day is an American politician. Born and raised in Salisbury,Day is a member of the Special Operations Detachment-NATO in the Maryland Army National Guard and US Army Special Operations Command. Day represented District 2 of Salisbury in the City Council,has served as the Council President from 2013 to 2015,and has served as the mayor of Salisbury from 2015 to 2023.
