Clayton R. Plummer, M.Ed., Director of Procurement and
Supply

College Park (Prince George's County) Telephone: Warfield 7-3800
Lombard and Greene Streets, Baltimore I Telephone: Plaza 2-1100
University Hospital, Baltimore I Telephone: Lexington 9-0320

THE UNIVERSITY

The University of Maryland is the State university and the "Land-
Grant" institution of Maryland.

The present University of Maryland is the result of the merger of
the former privately owned University of Maryland located in Balti-
more with the former Maryland State College at College Park. The
former University of Maryland was founded in 1807 as the College of
Medicine of Maryland. In 1812, it enlarged its curriculum and changed
its name to the University of Maryland. Subsequently, it added
faculties of law (1823), dentistry (1882), nursing (1889), and
pharmacy (1904). The Maryland State College was founded in 1856
as the Maryland Agricultural College, a private institution at College
Park, and became the beneficiary of the Land-Grant Act of 1862. In
1914, the State assumed complete control of the school and in 1916
the Legislature granted it a new charter, which renamed the school
the Maryland State College. The General Assembly consolidated, the
University of Maryland and the Maryland State College in 1920 and
gave the name University of Maryland to the new institution.

The University is under the administration of a Board of Regents
consisting of eleven members appointed by the Governor for nine-
year terms. The Board appoints the President of the University, who
also serves as chief administrative officer of the Board. The Board
of Regents, within the limits prescribed by law, may issue revenue
bonds to finance the building of dormitories and other student housing
facilities, student union buildings (at 'College Park and Baltimore),
and a combination physical education and auditorium building. The
Regents are to issue such 'bonds directly. The payments of the
principal and interest of the bonds are to be met from revenue realized
from the use of the buildings (Code 1957, Art. 77, sees. 249-59).

The main campus of the University is located at College Park.
Instruction 19 given here in the undergraduate and graduate courses
of the College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Sciences, College
of Business and Public Administration, College of Education, College
of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences, College of Home Economics
and the College of Physical Education, Recreation, and Health. Also
located at College Park are the Graduate School, the Summer School,
and the offices of University College. The latter college operates the
evening school program at College Park. In addition, it conducts a
self-supporting college level program at off-campus centers through-
out the State of Maryland and at some 160 overseas centers for
United States personnel in the European, North Atlantic and Far-East
regions.

Professional Schools

The professional schools of the University of Maryland, com-
prising the schools of Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, and
Pharmacy, together with the University Hospital, are located in
Baltimore at Lombard and Greene Streets. The University College
also offers courses here.