1978-1979 Men's Championship Retrievers Basketball Team
University Photographs
1979
gelatin silver prints; black-and-white photographs; 8 x 10 in.
UARC Photos-07-02-0178
1978-1979 Men’s Basketball Team Media Guide
The 1978-79 UMBC men’s basketball team won the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regionals Championship on March 3, 1979. The Baltimore Sun reported: John Goedeke’s 2 free throws with 7 seconds remaining enabled the University of Maryland-Baltimore County to edge Virginia Union College 58 to 56, last night.” Although the newspaper highlighted Goedeke in the lead for the story, the whole team played heroically. Coach Billy Jones said Howie Kane, Jack Kane, John Goedeke and Reggie Nance have done it for us all season. Doug Dodrill also did a fine job.” Goedeke and Jack Kane were three-year starters from Parkville High School who were later joined by Jack’s brother Howie. Coach Jones was notable in his own right, not only for being the first African American to earn a basketball scholarship in the Atlantic Coast Conference at University of Maryland in 1964, but also for coaching UMBC to five winning seasons between 1974 and 1986.
Left to right: Guy Cottman, Jim Smith (Assistant Coach), Mark Clark, Bill Larash, Tom Vines, Doug Dodrill, Jake Kane, Howie Kane, Jeff Brooks, John Goedeke, Reggie Nance, Billy Jones (Coach), Page Elliot, Mike Beckett (Student Assistant), Jerry Chepaitis, and Zena Galloway with the championship trophy.
University Photographs
1979
brochures; booklets; 9 x 6 in.
UPUB A7-003
A Plan for Expanding the University of Maryland, A Report of the Governor's Commission to Study the Problem of Expansion of the University of Maryland (State of Maryland: Annapolis, 1960)
During the 1940s into the 1950s, dramatic increases in the number of Marylanders seeking a university education motivated State officials to begin planning for expansion of the University of Maryland. Beginning in 1955, a series of state commissions studied the need for expanding publicly supported higher education. Each recognized that the number of Maryland students attending college was greatly increasing. The Warfield Commission, appointed by the governor in 1959, issued its report in February 1960. Titled A Plan for Expanding the University of Maryland, the report suggested expansion of UM by bringing Towson, Frostburg and Salisbury Universities under the UM administration and creating regional campuses in various areas of the state for commuting students. The Curlett Commission, also appointed by the Governor, focused on the growing demand for college education in Maryland. The report recommended expansion in public higher education as well as a tripartite organization (community colleges, state colleges, and the University of Maryland).
Warfield, Edwin, 1924-
Albin O. Kuhn papers, Collection 44
1960
reports; 9 x 6 in.
50UMBC-019a
academics theme
Access from I-95 to UMBC Campus
Kuhn recognized that having an interchange at I-95 and Route 166 would be critical for UMBC, so he approached Governor Tawes in 1966 and asked for the interchange to be put into the I-95 plans. When Tawes asked John B. Funk, Chairman of the Maryland State Roads Commission, to make the change, Funk resisted by saying: We’re just about done, we don’t want any more projects.” Tawes replied: You’re going to have to put one in to have access to UMBC.” The final plan included right-of-entry for the State Highway Administration to construct a section of Metropolitan Boulevard across the corner of UMBC’s property, connecting the access to I-95 to Rolling Road. A letter from Dr. Calvin B.T. Lee to Dr. Elkins requests a letter to be written to the Maryland Department of General Services granting the State Highway Administration the necessary legal right-of-entry.
Kendig, R.E.
President's office records, Collection 50
3/9/1972
correspondence; 11 x 8.5 in.
50UMBC-009a_b
Access from I-95 to UMBC Campus, Letters and memorandum, 1972, Coll 50, President's Office Records, Series II.C, Box 31, Folder 41
Kuhn recognized that having an interchange at I-95 and Route 166 would be critical for UMBC, so he approached Governor Tawes in 1966 and asked for the interchange to be put into the I-95 plans. When Tawes asked John B. Funk, Chairman of the Maryland State Roads Commission, to make the change, Funk resisted by saying: We're just about done, we don't want any more projects." Tawes replied: You're going to have to put one in to have access to UMBC." The final plan included right-of-entry for the State Highway Administration to construct a section of Metropolitan Boulevard across the corner of UMBC's property, connecting the access to I-95 to Rolling Road. A letter from Dr. Calvin B.T. Lee to Dr. Elkins requests a letter to be written to the Maryland Department of General Services granting the State Highway Administration the necessary legal right-of-entry.
Lee, Calvin B. T.
Presiden'ts office records, Collection 50
03/08/1972
correspondence; 11 x 8.5 in.
50UMBC-009d
Access from I-95 to UMBC Campus, Letters and memorandum, 1972, Coll 50, President's Office Records, Series II.C, Box 31, Folder 41
Kuhn recognized that having an interchange at I-95 and Route 166 would be critical for UMBC, so he approached Governor Tawes in 1966 and asked for the interchange to be put into the I-95 plans. When Tawes asked John B. Funk, Chairman of the Maryland State Roads Commission, to make the change, Funk resisted by saying: We're just about done, we don't want any more projects." Tawes replied: You're going to have to put one in to have access to UMBC." The final plan included right-of-entry for the State Highway Administration to construct a section of Metropolitan Boulevard across the corner of UMBC's property, connecting the access to I-95 to Rolling Road. A letter from Dr. Calvin B.T. Lee to Dr. Elkins requests a letter to be written to the Maryland Department of General Services granting the State Highway Administration the necessary legal right-of-entry.
Waetjen, Walter B.
President's office records, Collection 50
03/15/1972
correspondence; 11 x 8.5 in.
50UMBC-009c
activism theme
Administration Building Under Construction
To the founding students and pioneers, UMBC must have seemed a large construction site. This photograph of the Administration Building under construction is viewed looking down what is now known as Academic Row.
University Photographs
Winter 1969
gelatin silver prints; black-and-white photographs; 3.5 x 5 in.
UARC Photos-07-02-0204
Aerial Photograph of Future UMBC Campus, ca. 1964
Aerial photographs of campus have been made periodically throughout UMBC's history. This 1969 view shows various ongoing construction projects, including the first dormitories (slightly above and left of center), the Physical Plant building (now the Public Safety Building) along Hilltop Circle (then called The Loop," which was only half finished), and the beginnings of site preparation where the Administration Building would be built. Along the top of the photograph may be seen I-95 under construction as well as its intersection with Rt. 166 at the top right. Kuhn recognized that having the interchange would be critical for UMBC, so he approached Governor Tawes in 1966 and asked for the interchange to be put into the I-95 plans. When Tawes asked John B. Funk, Chairman of the Maryland State Roads Commission, to make the change, Funk resisted by saying: We're just about done, we don't want any more projects." Tawes replied: You're going to have to put one in to have access to UMBC."
University Photographs
ca. 1964
black-and-white slides; 35 mm
UARC Photos-08-02-1377