1886) was restructured to form the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)
The University of Maryland achieved land grant
status in 1865 (UMCP) and 1890 (UMES) and was
designated a national sea grant college in 1983

As the components of the former University of
Maryland were evolving, so too were the State's teach-
ers colleges The earliest of these was privately founded
in 1865 in Baltimore to tram African American teach-
ers It would later become a State institution, move to
Bowie and assume the name Bowie State University
In 1866, the first public teachers college was created
as the Maryland State Normal School, now Towson
State University State Normal School No 2, now
Frostburg State University, followed m 1898 In 1900,
the Baltimore City School Board laid the foundation
for what would later become Coppm State College
The first normal school on the Eastern Shore opened
in 1925 and now bears the name Salisbury State
University In 1963, the five former teachers colleges
were brought together under the direction of a single
governing body, the Board of Trustees of the State
Universities and Colleges In 1975, the University of
Baltimore, privately founded fifty years earlier, joined
the campuses governed by the Board The University
of Maryland System was created m 1988 through the
merger of campuses and components of the University
of Maryland with those formerly under the Board of
Trustees of the State Universities and Colleges (Chap-
ter 246, Acts of 1988)

Campuses of the University are located m AUegany
County at Frostburg (Prostburg State University),
Baltimore City (UMAB, Coppin State College, Uni-
versity of Baltimore), Baltimore County at Catonsville
(UMBC) and at Towson (Towson State University),
Pnnce George's County at Bowie (Bowie State Uni-
versity) and College Park (UMCP), Somerset County
at Pnncess Anne (UMES), and Wicomico County at
Salisbury (Salisbury State University) University Col
lege, from its headquarters in the Center of Adult
Education at College Park, administers adult and
continuing education courses and programs at sites
across Maryland and in Europe and Asia The Uni-
versity of Maryland System is developing an academic
and research center at Shady Grove m Montgomery
County and an academic center in Baltimore City

BOARD OF REGENTS
Lance W Billmgsley, Esq , Chair, 2000
(301)445 2701

The University of Maryland System is governed
by the Board of Regents The Board may issue
revenue bonds to finance the building of dormito-
ries and other student housing facilities The Board
issues such bonds directly, with the payments of
principal and interest made from revenues realized
from the use of the building

With Senate advice and consent, the Governor
appoints the seventeen member Board of Regents
Sixteen members serve five year terms and a stu
dent member is appointed for a one year term The
Secretary of Agriculture serves ex officio (Code
Education Article, sec 12 102)

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATE N
Donald N Langenberg, Ph D , Chancellor
& Chief Executive Officer
(301)445 1901

The University of Maryland System Admuiistra
non directs and coordinates the thirteen member
University of Maryland System That system includes
eleven degree granting institutions and two major
research and pubhc service components the Center
for Environmental and Estuanne Studies, and the
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Located in Adelphi, the System Administration
serves as staff to the Board of Regents and is headed
by the Chancellor Appointed by the Board of
Regents, the Chancellor is a member of the Pro
curement Advisory Council, the State Information
Technology Board, the Hall of Records Commis-
sion, the Segmental Advisory Council, the South
ern Regional Education Board, the Police Training
Commission, and the State Use Industries Advisory
Committee The Chancellor also serves on the
Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medi
cal System Corporation, the Maryland Bioprocess
ing Center, and the Regional Education Service
Agency of Appalachian Maryland
Under the Chancellor are Academic Affairs,
Administration and Finance, and Advancement

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

George L Marx, Ph D , Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs
(301)445 1992

For the University of Maryland System, Academic
Affairs plans courses, programs and academic calen
dars, coordinates research grants and projects, and
monitors and reports degrees and enrollments This
office is accountable to the Maryland Higher Educa
tion Commission and the General Assembly, and
addresses issues of student transfer between the Sys
tern and other Maryland institutions Under the Vice
Chancellor are three offices Academic Programs,
Articulation, and Planning and Accountability

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

Joseph F Vivona, Vice-Chancellor for
Administration & Finance
(301)445 1925

To ensure that higher education resources are
allocated wisely. Administration and Finance plans
and coordinates operating and capital budgets for
the University of Maryland System Administrative
computing and telecommunications services also