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| Birth |
17 Aug 1912 |
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States  |
| Death |
21 Jan 1985 |
Kensington, MD |
| Burial |
24 Jan 1985 |
B'nai Israel Congregation Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Diane Ina Lefson | F427 |
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| Birth |
8 Jan 1914 |
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States |
| Death |
19 Jan 1986 |
Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
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Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, DC |
| Spouse |
Mavis Adonna Robertson | F426 |
| Marriage |
10 Mar 1946 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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| Notes |
- A S E A S O N O F G R O W T H
The rolls of the Alumni Association were bolstered in 1913 and 1915, when the institution merged with the Baltimore Medical College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, respectively. During this period, Association presidents continued advancing Cordell's mission statement and began expanding the MAA's role in the life of the institution. In 1916, Volume I of The Bulletin alumni magazine was published. It quickly became the central communications link between the school and its alumni. Minutes from a 1940 board meeting describe the role of the publication 25 years after inception: "Class reunion plans, announcement of the new Medical School dedication and other interesting activities to be reported in detail in the next issue of The Bulletin."
With the country on the brink of the Depression, on Jan. 9, 1929, the Alumni Association incorporated and adopted the title "The Alumni Association of
the School of Medicine of the University of Maryland, Inc." There was a motive behind this action. The following day, Association President Charles R. Edwards '13 signed an agreement to purchase, from Marcus and Minnie Himmelfarb, the property at 519 W. Lombard St., located across from the Medical Building. To finance the $22,500 purchase, the Association issued 6 percent secured bonds. Almost immediately, books, supplies and stationery were ordered and the University Bookstore was opened. On Sept. 17, 1930, the corporation entered into a lease agreement with Abe and Hyman Schunick to operate a cafeteria and lunch business in the basement and rear of the first floor.
Pictured: Charles R. Edwards '13 led the Association's effort to incorporate in 1929.
In the 1930 yearbook, the building at 519 W. Lombard was referred to as the Medical Alumni House and the cafeteria was called the University Inn. The eatery changed names over the next several years and may have changed hands as well. It is unclear whether the Association continued managing it beyond 1931; however, a fuel oil contract dating from 1935 indicates that the Association managed at least the property through that year. But as the Depression persisted, the organization was about to be transformed.
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