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Dr. Daniel C.W. "D.C. " Finney, a retired Baltimore surgeon and World War II veteran, died Monday of heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Lutherville resident was 88. Dr. Daniel Clarke Wharton Finney — who was known as "D.C. " — was the son of Eben Dickey Finney, an architect, and Margaret Wharton Smith Finney, a homemaker. He was also a collateral descendant of Johns Hopkins and the namesake of Dr. D.C. Wharton Smith, a Baltimore pediatrician, who were both on his maternal side.

When Chirag Vani, 27, stepped onto the field for the title match at the American College Cricket national championship last month, he and the rest of the UMBC cricket club were confident. "We had won the Mid-Atlantic Regional last year, so we had momentum going forward," Vani said. "We were confident that we had a very good team this year. It wasn't really a surprise, but everything came together at the right time. " UMBC emerged victorious, defeating South Florida by five wickets in the final in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Vani, who plays wicketkeeper and batsman, hopes the growth of the national championships - from approximately 10 teams in the inaugural tournament in 2009 to 28 this year - helps the sport gain recognition.

H.W. Murphy, president of Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown, is to become a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dr. Daniel C.W. "D.C. " Finney, a retired Baltimore surgeon and World War II veteran, died Monday of heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Lutherville resident was 88. Dr. Daniel Clarke Wharton Finney — who was known as "D.C. " — was the son of Eben Dickey Finney, an architect, and Margaret Wharton Smith Finney, a homemaker. He was also a collateral descendant of Johns Hopkins and the namesake of Dr. D.C. Wharton Smith, a Baltimore pediatrician, who were both on his maternal side.

Did you know?-- Drowning is the third-leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., killing nearly 5,000 people each year. - American College of Emergency Physicians

Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, a retired Baltimore thoracic and vascular surgeon whose career spanned more than four decades and who performed the first pacemaker implantation in Maryland, died Saturday of renal failure at his Timonium home. He was 90. The son of an immigrant Italian shoemaker from Cefalu and a homemaker, Dr. Faraino was born in an Edmondson Avenue home, where he was also raised. After graduating from City College in 1939, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1943 from what is now Loyola University Maryland.

Names in the newsHospice of the Chesapeake,8424 Veterans Highway, Millersville, recently appointed Millie L. Jarrell, R.N., its director of clinical operations. She will oversee the hospices' clinical programs and supervise the agency's quality improvementprogram. Information: 410-987-2003.Dr. Douglas D. Dykman of Anne Arundel Gastroenterologists Associates, P.A. has opened an office in the Empire Medical Building, 200 Hospital Drive, Glen Burnie. Dykman is an enterologist who specializes in digestive and liver diseases.

Carol Carr's diagnosis of colorectal cancer at age 44 ("Colon cancer rises for young," July 30) underscores the point that even though current national guidelines for average risk individuals call for colon screening to start at age 50, there are important exceptions. Anyone experiencing symptoms like Ms. Carr's should talk to a gastroenterologist. African-Americans fall into a high-risk category and are another exception to the rule to start screening at age 50. The American College of Gastroenterology in its official screening guidelines recommends that African-Americans should start younger - at age 45 - because they face a higher incidence of colorectal cancer generally, have more cancers in the right side of the colon, as well as potentially more aggressive tumors.

North Arundel Hospital Emergency Department's Assistant Director Richard T. Fields has recently become a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.Fields has been on North Arundel's staff for the past nine years, becoming board-certified in emergency medicine in 1989.He is a member of the Anne Arundel County Medical Society and resides in Severna Park with his wife and two children.

Sylvan Learning Systems Inc. says it has been sued by American College Testing Service over charges that Sylvan broke laws in its successful fight for a National Association of Securities Dealers' contract.In January, Columbia-based Sylvan was awarded a 10-year contract to conduct the NASD's Series 7 exams for licensing brokers. American College Testing, a not-for-profit, also sought the contract, which Sylvan said will be worth $5 million to $6 million annually.American College Testing charges in a suit filed in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that Sylvan interfered with an agreement it had pending with the NASD and violated antitrust laws, Sylvan said.

Carol Carr's diagnosis of colorectal cancer at age 44 ("Colon cancer rises for young," July 30) underscores the point that even though current national guidelines for average risk individuals call for colon screening to start at age 50, there are important exceptions. Anyone experiencing symptoms like Ms. Carr's should talk to a gastroenterologist. African-Americans fall into a high-risk category and are another exception to the rule to start screening at age 50. The American College of Gastroenterology in its official screening guidelines recommends that African-Americans should start younger - at age 45 - because they face a higher incidence of colorectal cancer generally, have more cancers in the right side of the colon, as well as potentially more aggressive tumors.

Major League Lacrosse Seven Bayhawks named All-Stars, most in league Seven Chesapeake Bayhawks were selected to play in the Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., on June 30, giving the team more representatives than any other MLL squad. Returning to the All-Star Game this year is the "Young Guns vs. Old School" format, in which MLL veterans will compete against players who entered the league in 2009 or later. Representing the Bayhawks for the Young Guns will be midfielder Ben Hunt (Severna Park)

Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, a retired Baltimore thoracic and vascular surgeon whose career spanned more than four decades and who performed the first pacemaker implantation in Maryland, died Saturday of renal failure at his Timonium home. He was 90. The son of an immigrant Italian shoemaker from Cefalu and a homemaker, Dr. Faraino was born in an Edmondson Avenue home, where he was also raised. After graduating from City College in 1939, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1943 from what is now Loyola University Maryland.

Morgan State running back Chad Simpson and Towson linebacker Brian Bradford have been named to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision coaches' All-America team. Both were named to the first team by the American Football Coaches Association. Simpson, a senior, led the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with 1,405 rushing yards, setting a single-season record at Morgan. He also led the MEAC in scoring with 90 points and ranked second in all-purpose yards, averaging 161.8 per game.

Did you know?-- Drowning is the third-leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., killing nearly 5,000 people each year. - American College of Emergency Physicians

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA -- Back home in Chapel Hill or Boston or Austin, college basketball's annual rite of spring blends easily, even unavoidably, into the rhythms of campus life. But here, on the southernmost tip of the African continent, where expatriate American students find themselves about 3,000 miles closer to the South Pole than the magnetic pole that is Indianapolis this weekend, the NCAA tournament happens in the early hours of the morning and through great effort, or not at all. Games at "2 a.m. are OK, but 5 a.m. is really inconvenient," says Carrie Beason, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis who is spending this semester at the University of Cape Town.

Dr. Barry S. Gold, a Baltimore internist and medical director of Maryland State Medicare, was elected to a fellowship in the American College of Physicians.*Polgeorge R. Mijares of Millersville recently received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.*Fred Weaver was presented with a governor's citation for his volunteer work at Owen Brown Middle School in Columbia.*Bronwen Lara Wickkiser, the daughter of the Rev. Bruce and Mrs. Mary Jane Wickkiser of Baltimore, has been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa national honor society at Oberlin College in Ohio.

Dr. Nicholas John Kohlerman II, a retired surgeon and gynecologist who specialized in women's cancers, died Friday at home after a 10-year battle with cancer. He was 83 and had lived for 10 years at the Cloisters, at Charles Street near Woodbrook. Dr. Kohlerman was a mentor to many young doctors as chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the now-closed Church Home and Hospital in Baltimore from 1962 until 1976, when he resigned upon the termination of its residency-training program.

Freshman Brittany Woodfield (South Carroll) scored six goals in her collegiate debut as the visiting Towson women's lacrosse team beat American, 17-10, in its season opener in Washington. Junior Shannon Witzel and freshman Meggie McNamara each scored four goals for Towson (1-0). Hillary Fratzke scored twice as the team's freshmen combined for 12 of the 17 Tigers goals. McNamara got things started for Towson, taking a feed from Witzel for the game's first goal at the 28:06 mark. The Eagles tied it four minutes later, but the Tigers rattled off four unanswered goals to open a 5-1 lead.

Urgently trying to improve relations with the United States, the Saudi Arabian government has been promoting a scholarship program that has more than doubled the number of Saudi enrollments at American colleges and universities since last year. The program, aimed in part at reducing widespread hostility in the Saudi public toward the United States, has reversed a steady plunge in Saudi students that started immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The Saudi government offered 5,000 students full four-year scholarships, complete with living allowances.