362/Maryland Manual

MARYLAND SCHOOLS FOR THE
DEAF

BOARD OF VISITORS

President: Daniel W. Moylan

First Vice-President and Chairperson of Executive
Committee: Jacob M. Yingling

Jereleigh A. Archer, Sr.; Joseph D. Baker; James
A. Barrack; Leon Bridges; Mrs. Robert
Cameron; William 0. Carr; Mrs. James dark,
Jr.; Charles H. Conley, Jr., M.D.; James H.
Daugherty; Elizabeth Barker Delaplaine;
Sheldon F. Greenberg; Rudolph C. Hines; J. V.
Jamison III; James M. Kaple; Margaret S. Kent;
James McSherry; Mrs. John N. Maguire;
Richard S. Mullinix; Malcolm J. Norwood;
Arthur Potts; Joseph F. Shields; Alfred P.
Shockley; Sara Simon; Ross V. Smith; W.
Jackson Stenger, Jr.; Richard L. Steiner; Nancy
Underhill.

David M. Denton, Pd.D., Superintendent

Frederick Campus
P. 0. Box 250
101 Clarke Place
Frederick 21701 Telephone: 662^159

Columbia Campus
P. 0. Box 894
Columbia 21044 Telephone: 465-9611

The Maryland School for the Deaf was estab-
lished in 1868 as a free public residential school for
deaf and hard-of-hearing children who reside in
the State. The Governor appoints the thirty mem-
bers of the Board of Visitors for indefinite terms
(Chap. 247, Acts of 1867; Chap. 409, Acts of 1868;
Chap. 19, Acts of 1880; Chap. 76, Acts of 1916;
Chap. 148 as amended, Acts of 1957).

Chapter 462, Acts of 1968, established a branch
of the Maryland School for the Deaf to be located
near the population center of the State and to be
administered and operated as part of and subject to
the Maryland School for the Deaf.

The first phase of this branch school, which is
called Columbia Campus Maryland School for the
Deaf, opened in September 1973 (Code Education
Article, sec. 8-304).

The school offers an academic education similar
to that of public schools and in addition provides
thorough instruction in communication skills, in-
cluding speech and speech reading, signs and
fingerspelling, auditory training, and use of indi-

vidual hearing aids. In addition to the academic
program, courses of study in vocational education
are also offered to both male and female students.
The school offers a broad athletic and physical
education program, as well as a wide range of
social and recreational activities. Vocational reha-
bilitation services are available to all graduating
students to assist them in seeking employment,
vocational or technical training, or higher educa-
tion.

Information pertaining to the program is avail-
able upon request.

MARYLAND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairperson: J. Michael McWilliams, 1988

Ronald L. Bowers, 1986; Kenneth H. Michael,
1986; Edmond F. Rovner, 1986; Merle S. Elliott,
1987; Charles Fink, 1987; Otis Warren, Jr.,
1987; Edgar M. Boyd, 1988; Donald L. De
Vries, Sr., 1988; Kathleen Feeley, 1988.

Ex officio: Vacancy, Secretary of Economic and
Community Development, Brent M. Johnson,
Secretary of Employment and Training; William
K. Hellmann, Secretary of Transportation.

201 N. Charles St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 752-6100

Created by Chapter 498, Acts of 1984, the
Maryland Economic Development Corporation is
a public instrumentality of the State. It enables the
State to develop property for economic purposes.
To serve the public interest, the Corporation
develops vacant or unused industrial sites and
facilities, and other economic resources in which
the private sector has shown no significant interest
or development capability.

The Corporation operates in economically dis-
tressed areas of the State. It assists State and local
economic development agencies in their efforts to
expand, modernize, and retain businesses, as well
as to attract new ones to the State.

The Board of Directors is appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate. It consists of thirteen members, including
three ex officio, voting members. Members serve
four-year terms (Code 1957, Art. 41, secs.
551-566).