Morgan State University is a public historically black research university in Baltimore,Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1890,the university,then known as the Centenary Biblical Institute,changed its name to Morgan College to honor Reverend Lyttleton Morgan,the first chairman of its board of trustees and a land donor to the college. It became a university in 1975.
George Peabody was an American financier and philanthropist. He is often considered the father of modern philanthropy.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Princess Anne,Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity". It was established as Delaware Conference Academy. It has also been known as Princess Anne Academy and other names during its evolution.
Notre Dame of Maryland University is a private Catholic university in Baltimore,Maryland. NDMU offers certificate,undergraduate,and graduate programs for women and men.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine,located in Baltimore City,Maryland,U.S.,is the medical school of the University of Maryland,Baltimore and is affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System. Established in 1807 as the College of Medicine of Maryland,it is the first public and the fifth oldest medical school in the United States. UMB SOM's campus includes Davidge Hall,which was built in 1812,and is the oldest building in continuous use for medical education in the Northern Hemisphere.
Joseph Mamadee Woah-Tee was a Liberian politician and member of the Labor Party of Liberia (LPL). A native of Bong County,he founded the Woah-Tee Progressive Movement.
William English "Brit" Kirwan is an American university administrator and mathematician who is chancellor emeritus of the University System of Maryland (USM) and professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Maryland,College Park. Most recently,Kirwan served as chancellor of USM from 2002 to 2015. Previously,Kirwan worked at the University of Maryland,College Park from the 1960s to 1990s as a professor,administrator,and eventually president and was president of the Ohio State University from 1998 to 2002.
Thomas Jackson Oakley was a New York attorney,politician,and judge. He served as a United States representative from 1813 to 1815,and from 1827 to 1828,and as New York State Attorney General from 1819 to 1821.
The University of Baltimore School of Law,or the UB School of Law,is one of the four colleges that make up the University of Baltimore,which is part of the University System of Maryland. The UBalt School of Law is one of only two law schools in the state of Maryland. The University of Baltimore School of Law is housed in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center,at the northeast corner of West Mount Royal Avenue and North Charles Street on the University of Baltimore campus in the city's Mt. Vernon cultural district. The 12-story building,designed by German architect Stefan Behnisch,opened in April 2013 and was rated LEED-Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Francis G. Waters,D.D.,LL.D.,was a Methodist minister from Baltimore,Maryland,U.S.,and a founding member of the Methodist Protestant Church. He was elected as the first president of the church on November 2,1830,and presided over the general convention,in which the church's constitution was adopted. From 1849 to 1853 Waters served as the second principal of Baltimore City College. He was selected as president of Madison College in Uniontown,Pennsylvania,in summer 1853 but left the institution later that fall because of family illness. He also served twice as the Principal of Washington College in Chestertown,Maryland.
William C. “Bill”Rhoden is an American sports journalist and author who formerly worked as a columnist for The New York Times from 1983 until 2016,when he joined ESPN's The Undefeated as a writer-at-large,where he is currently employed. Rhoden is also a visiting senior practitioner at Arizona State University as well as the director of the Rhoden Fellows program.
The Maryland Women's Hall of Fame (MWHF) recognizes significant achievements and statewide contributions made by women who are Maryland-natives or state residents. It was established in 1985 by the Maryland Commission for Women and the Women Legislators of Maryland. Honorees are selected by an independent committee each year and are inducted in March during Women's History Month.
Allissa V. Richardson is an American journalist and college professor. She is best known as a proponent of mobile journalism and citizen journalism. Richardson has trained students in the United States and Africa to report news using only smartphones,tablets and MP3 players. She is assistant professor of journalism in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Additionally,Richardson is a Nieman Foundation Visiting Journalism Fellow at Harvard University,the 2012 Educator of the Year for the National Association of Black Journalists,and a two-time Apple Distinguished Educator.
Earl S. Richardson,Ed.D served as the ninth president of Morgan State University from 1984 to 2010. Prior to serving as the president of Morgan State University,Dr. Richardson served as Assistant to the president of the University System of Maryland,and Executive Assistant to the Chancellor,Director of Career Planning and Placement and Acting Director of Admissions and Registration at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Dwight Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American sociologist,civil rights activist,collegiate athlete,author,and served as the fifth president of Morgan State College from 1937 to 1948.
The 1966 Tangerine Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1966 season,between the West Chester Golden Rams and the Morgan State Bears. Morgan State linebacker Willie Lanier was named the game's most valuable player.
Andrew Billingsley is an American sociologist,author,lecturer,and college professor who served as the eighth president of Morgan State University from 1975 to 1984.
The Cambridge movement was an American social movement in Dorchester County,Maryland,led by Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. Protests continued from late 1961 to the summer of 1964. The movement led to the desegregation of all schools,recreational areas,and hospitals in Maryland and the longest period of martial law within the United States since 1877. Many cite it as the birth of the Black Power movement.
Lawrence Clifton Gorman was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who held senior positions at several Jesuit universities in the United States. Born in New York City,he was educated at Jesuit institutions,before entering the Society of Jesus. He then became a professor of chemistry at Georgetown University,and continued his higher studies at Jesuit universities in the United States and Rome.
Catherine Russell Gira was an American educator and administrator who was president of Frostburg State University from 1991 to 2006.
