State Agencies
THE UNIVERSITY
The University of Maryland is the State univer-
sity and the "Land-Grant" institution of Mary-
land.
The present University of Maryland is the re-
sult of the merger of the former privately owned
University of Maryland located in Baltimore with
the former Maryland State College of Agriculture
at College Park. The former University of Mary-
land was founded in 1807 as the College of Medi-
cine 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 facul-
ties of law (1823), dentistry (1882), nursing
(1889), and pharmacy (1904).
The Maryland State College of Agriculture was
founded by Chapter 114, Acts of 1856, as the
Maryland Agricultural College, a private institu-
tion 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 institution
(Chapter 480, Acts of 1920).
The Eastern Shore Campus (UMES) had di-
verse affiliations and several names before becom-
ing the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore,
on July 1, 1970. The institution was founded in
1886 as the Delaware Conference Academy for
Negroes under the general control of what came
to be known as Morgan College, then a private
institution in Baltimore. By the Morrill Act of
1890 the Academy received Federal funds and be-
came known as the Princess Anne Academy. This
funding began a relationship with the then Mary-
land Agricultural College, although the campus
continued to be a part of Morgan College. Col-
lege 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 divi-
sion of the University of Maryland. The institu-
tion bore the name of Maryland State College
from 1948 until 1970.
In accordance with 1963 legislation authorizing
the University to establish a branch in Baltimore
County, the University of Maryland, Baltimore

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County Campus (UMBC), opened initially to
freshmen students in September 1966 (Code Edu-
cation Article, sec. 13-104f).
Evening courses were offered by various
departments and colleges of the University from
the 1920s through the World War 11 period. In
1947 the College of Special and Continuation Stud-
ies was established to administer the off-campus
evening programs with a dean as the principal offi-
cer. The name was changed to University College
in 1959. In 1970 the unit was designated as one of
five major components headed by a chancellor.
The University of Maryland is under the admin-
istration of the Board of Regents consisting of fif-
teen members who are citizens of Maryland. Four-
teen of the members are appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate. The remaining member, the Maryland Secre-
tary of Agriculture, is ex officio with voting
privileges. Two of the members must be students at
different campuses of the University of Maryland,
appointed for one-year terms from July 1. Each
may be reappointed if he remains a student at any
campus of the University. Board members serve
without compensation but are paid their reason-
able and necessary expenses while engaged in the
discharge of their official duties. The term of office
of all members appointed after July 1, 1969, is five
years with the exception of the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the student members. Appointed
members may not serve more than two consecutive
terms. Members appointed to fill vacancies occur-
ring during a term serve for the remainder of the
term and are then eligible for reappointment (Code
Education Article, sec. 13-102).
The Board of Regents, within the limits pre-
scribed by law, may issue revenue bonds to fi-
nance the building of dormitories and other stu-
dent housing facilities. Student union buildings at
College Park and Baltimore have been construct-
ed as well as a combination Physical Education
and Auditorium building at College Park. The
Regents issue such bonds directly with the
payments of principal and interest made from
revenues realized from the use of the building
(Chapter 22, Acts of 1978).
"There are four principal campuses of the Uni-
versity located in Baltimore, Catonsville, College
Park, and Princess Anne. University College, a
unit under a chancellor, administers adult and
continuing education courses and programs and
awards degrees.
The Baltimore campus is located at Lombard
and Greene Streets. The schools of Dentistry,