Her son, David Pines of Media, Pa., remembered his mother as a compassionate, giving person who could mobilize people.
"My mother is a connector," Mr. Pines said. "She brings people together. I like to say my mom has a pink thumb: She grows people."
Dr. Alfred Sommer, dean of the public health school from 1990 to 2005, said he didn't get a chance to work with Mrs. Pines, but he said she left behind a reputation of accomplishment.
"If you needed something done for the School of Public Health, Marcia was the person to go to," Dr. Sommer said. "... The alumni absolutely adored her. She spent many years making the school a better place."
Dr. Ruth Faden, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, said she first met Mrs. Pines 30 years ago when she came to Hopkins. She said Mrs. Pines made it a point to look out for new, young faculty members, yet also took on leadership roles.
"She was a force and an extraordinarily talented person," Dr. Faden said.
Speaking of Mrs. Pines' roles in setting up the institutional review board and the alumni association, Dr. Faden said: "These were the kinds of special projects the deans of the school would assign to her. She would make it happen. That's what she did. She made things happen, but she also took care of people. She was extraordinarily caring."
Dr. Faden said the school set up an award in Mrs. Pines' name that grants a $500 prize every year to a student who writes the best paper on the ethics of research with human subjects.
A funeral service is planned for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Sol Levinson & Bros. in Pikesville.
In addition to her husband, a retired Baltimore Circuit Court judge, and her children, Mrs. Pines is survived by a brother, Stanford Gann Sr. of Baltimore; and a grandson.
