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Dean's Message
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Donald
E. Wilson, MD, MACP, |
That the school of medicine
will celebrate its bicentennial in 2007 will come as a surprise to no one, I
imagine. We’ve been talking about our almost two hundred year history for years,
and we’ve been planning the celebration in our heads for a long, long time.
But now that we are just five years away from the big day, we are actually beginning
to put some of those ideas on paper, and a celebration plan is beginning to
emerge.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine has much to celebrate, not least
of which are two centuries of medical and research breakthroughs. And we have
a rich historical past that is also worth celebrating. Much of our past is woven
into the historical fabric of the city of Baltimore. The school’s founding fathers
were important not only to us, but to the city as well, and Davidge Hall, as
an historic landmark, is significant to the city and state, indeed to the entire
nation.
The medical school will be the only University of Maryland entity to reach its
200th birthday. The campus itself was not formed until 1812; the law school
in 1816; the dental school in 1840; pharmacy in 1841; nursing in 1889; and social
work in 1961. And yet, the medical school is just one of the many entities which
make up the UMB campus and the University System of Maryland. So while the medical
school will be the one wearing the birthday hat and blowing out the proverbial
candles, the entire campus will join in the celebration. And you, too, will
be instrumental in helping us celebrate our rich heritage.
Although in many ways, five years is a long way off, it will come all too quickly.
As we begin to formulate the plans for our bicentennial celebration, I invite
you to think about how you would celebrate the medical school’s two hundredth
birthday, and what types of activities would have meaning for you, as a graduate
of this fine school. Send your ideas to:
Bicentennial Contest
c/o Office of Public Affairs
University of Maryland School of Medicine
655 W. Baltimore Street
Room 14-013
Baltimore, MD 21201
We will pick several winners whose suggestions will be incorporated into our
bicentennial celebration. Prizes will consist of tickets to a Baltimore Ravens
and a Baltimore Orioles game. The list of winners and their winning ideas will
be printed in a future issue of Bulletin.
We want to make our bicentennial celebration one to remember for the next two
hundred years. And we want you to be there!
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