Joseph A. Chapman, Ph.D., Professor-in-
Charge, Appalachian Environmental
Laboratories
Joseph A Milhursky, Ph.D., Acting
Projessor-in-Charge, Chesapeake
Biological Laboratories
Office of the President, College Park,
(Prince George's County) 20742
Telephone: 454-2212
Office of the Board of Regents,
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 528-7000
University of Maryland at Baltimore
(UMAB), Lombard and Greene
Streets 21201 Telephone: 528-2121
University Hospital, 22 South Greene
Street 21201 Telephone: 528-2121
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC), 5401 Wilkens Avenue,
Catonsville 21228 Telephone: 455-1000
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMCP) 20742 Telephone: 454-0100
University of Maryland,
Eastern Shore (UMES), Princess
Anne 21853 Telephone: 651-2200
University of Maryland,
University College (UMUC),
College Park 20742 Telephone: 454-2311
University of Maryland, Center for
Environmental and Estuarine Studies,
Box 775, Cambridge 21613
Telephone: 228-8200
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 pri-
vately owned University of Maryland lo-
cated in Baltimore with the former Mary-
land State College of Agriculture at College
Park. The former University of Maryland
was founded in 1807 as the College of
Medicine of Maryland (Chapter 53, Acts
of 1807). In 1812, it enlarged its curriculum
and changed its name to the University of
Maryland (Chapter 159, Acts of 1812).
Subsequently, it added faculties of law |
(1823), dentistry (1882), nursing (1889),
and pharmacy (1904).
The Maryland State College of Agricul-
ture was founded by Chapter 114, Acts of
1856, as the Maryland Agricultural College,
a private institution at College Park. and
became the beneficiary of the Land-Grant
Act of 1862 (Chapter 178, Acts of 1865).
By Chapter 129, Acts of 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 of Agriculture
(Chapter 372, Acts of 1916) The General
Assembly consolidated the University of
Maryland and the Maryland State College
of Agriculture in 1920 and gave the name
University of Maryland to the new institu-
tion (Chapter 480, Acts of 1920).
The Eastern Shore campus (UMES) had
diverse affiliations and several names before
becoming the University of Maryland. East-
ern Shore, on July 1, 1970. The institution
was founded in 1886 as the Delaware Con-
ference Academy for Negroes under the
general control of what came to be known
as Morgan College, then a private institu-
tion in Baltimore. By the Morrill Act of
1890 the Academy received Federal funds
and became known as the Princess Anne
Academy. This funding began a relationship
with the then Maryland Agricultural Col-
lege, although the campus continued to be
a part of Morgan College. College level
work began at Princess Anne in 1927. The
State authorized purchase of the Academy
in 1935 (Chapter 548, Acts of 1935) and,
beginning in 1936, Princess Anne Academy
became a division of the University of
Maryland The institution bore the name of
Maryland State College from 1948 until
1970.
In accordance with 1963 legislation au-
thorizing the University to establish a branch
in Baltimore County, the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
(UMBC) opened initially to freshmen stu-
dents in September 1966 (Code 1957, 1975
Repl. Vol., 1976 Supp., Art. 77A, sec. 18).
Evening courses were offered by various
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