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New positionsGoucher appoints Nuss dean, vice presidentGoucher College announced that Elizabeth M. Nuss will become vice president and dean of students July 1, succeeding Julie Collier, who will retire later this spring. Nuss formerly was executive director of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.She has a bachelor's degree in Spanish secondary education from the State University of New York-Albany, a master's in education from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate from the University of Maryland College Park.

AACC class sees 100% pass rate The Anne Arundel Community College Radiologic Technology Class of 2008 posted a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists certification exam, the ninth consecutive year that new graduates of the program have accomplished that feat. Registration is under way. Free program orientations take place on the Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway, and are listed at www.aacc.edu/healthprofessions/orientations.cfm. Student wins $5,000 scholarship An Anne Arundel Community College student is among 10 in Maryland and Texas who have won a $5,000 scholarship from a global consulting company to pursue a four-year degree.

Horace Hugh Ashby Jr., a retired educator who was known for his stern but compassionate nature, died of a stroke Thursday at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Catonsville resident was 74. Dr. Ashby was born in Baltimore and raised on Harlem Avenue. After graduating from Frederick Douglass High School in 1951, he entered what is now Morgan State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1956. In 1957, he earned a bachelor's degree in education from what is now Coppin State University, and in 1975 he earned a master's degree in education administration and supervision from Morgan State.

John F. Haggerty and James J. Valdes recently were sworn in at the Harford County Courthouse as new members of the Harford Community College board of trustees, after being appointed by Gov. Martin O'Malley. Haggerty fills the vacancy created by the end of Bernard Barnes' term. His five-year term runs through June 30, 2012. Valdes will complete the term of S. Fred Simmons. His term will end June 30, 2008. Haggerty, who has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and a master's in education from the University of Florida, served on the HCC staff for 35 years as associate dean of the health, physical education and recreation division, and as athletic director.

The Rev. Olin Preston Moyd, a religious author and longtime pastor at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, died of bone cancer Sunday at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Ashburton resident was 75. Dr. Moyd was born and raised in Jamestown, S.C., the son of a Baptist minister. He moved to Baltimore when he was in his early 20s and earned his General Education Development diploma while serving in the Army from 1953 to 1955. After being discharged as a corporal, he returned to Baltimore and enrolled at the Cortez W. Peters Business School.

Western Maryland College welcomes 10 full-time and one half-time undergraduate and graduate faculty for the 2000-2001 academic year, according to Samuel Case, interim dean and provost of the college. The college also has hired one adjunct undergraduate faculty member, as well as a number of professors who will serve one-year appointments. New full-time members are: Lt. Col. Donald Craig, professor and chair of military science. The new leader of the Army ROTC Green Terror Battalion comes to WMC from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he was division chief for the Leader Development Division in the Center for Army Leadership.

Merrimon Cuninggim, an educator who was one of the nation's foremost authorities on philanthropy, died Wednesday of prostate cancer at Broadmead retirement community. He was 84.Besides his work in philanthropy, he was an ordained Methodist minister who once was dean of the Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.It was during his leadership that Perkins became the first graduate school in the South to desegregate, two years before the Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. Board of Education, in 1954.

Lt. Col. George E. Peoples, M.D., a resident of Fulton, has been selected as one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans for 2001 by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. The award is presented annually to Americans with exceptional achievements and who have demonstrated service to humanity. Peoples, 38, a surgical oncologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, has discovered and developed vaccines that have proven applicable to a wide variety of cancers, according to the medical center.

Names in the newsMichele L. Gray, a student at Northeast High School, has been working as a paid intern this summer for Clark and Anderson, P.A., an accounting firm in Glen Burnie. She participates in the Academy of Finance, an educational partnership between the Anne Arundel County public schools and businesses, through her school. The program prepares students for jobs in the financial industry. Gray will be entering her senior year in the fall.The following graduates from Anne Arundel County recently received degrees from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.: Dominic Joseph Souza of Annapolis, a bachelor's degree in business and economics with a major in marketing; Louis Todd Fletcher of Millersville, a bachelor's degree in international affairs; and Michael Timothy Kirk of Severna Park, a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

Like many in the area, Deborah Harari's first knowledge of Baltimore International College occurred when she was stuck in traffic on South Calvert Street and saw the students in their school uniforms -- white chef's outfits -- standing around the school's downtown buildings. Planning to go to law school and not too enthusiastic about it, Harari decided to check the place out. These white-jacketed people were learning to do for a living what she did for fun -- cook. "I wanted to do something with my life that would let me wake up and be happy all day," says Harari, who has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Baltimore and should get her associate's degree in baking and pastry this year.

Kristen Erica Willett & Scott Hansen were joined in marriage on September 29, 2007 in Pasadena, Maryland. A reception followed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of David & Jacquelyn Willett of Severn, MD. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from The University of North Carolina at Asheville & a Master's in Social Work from the University of Maryland - Baltimore. Kristen is a treatment foster care social worker for Catholic Charities. The groom is the son of Eric & Cheryl Hansen of East Amherst, New York.

Alan Jefferson, a 49-year-old banker from Ellicott City, will be able to realize a lifelong dream -- receiving a bachelor's degree -- while enrolled as a Howard Community College student. HCC students such as Jefferson will soon be able to reap the benefits of a partnership between HCC and Excelsior College, a four-year online school in Albany, N.Y. "It's something I feel I should have done," said Jefferson, who dropped out of the University of Maryland, College Park in 1978. "It's something that I want to check off my list.

Horace Hugh Ashby Jr., a retired educator who was known for his stern but compassionate nature, died of a stroke Thursday at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Catonsville resident was 74. Dr. Ashby was born in Baltimore and raised on Harlem Avenue. After graduating from Frederick Douglass High School in 1951, he entered what is now Morgan State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1956. In 1957, he earned a bachelor's degree in education from what is now Coppin State University, and in 1975 he earned a master's degree in education administration and supervision from Morgan State.

College savings aren't just for kids. Take Paul Grimm of Columbus, Ohio. He's 41 years old and has been investing in his home state's plan for several years - for himself. Every year or so, the computer consultant takes classes to stay current with his rapidly changing field while building up credits toward a bachelor's degree. Tuition runs as high as $1,500 per class. The "plan is a perfect way to bank some money ahead of time, let it earn some interest, and then when I do sign up for classes, I can use it to pay for those courses," says Grimm, who has about $9,000 in his account.

Harold Adler, a semiretired architect, died Tuesday of leukemia at his Pikesville home. He was 77. Mr. Adler was born in Baltimore and raised on Cottage Avenue and Auchentoroly Terrace. He was a 1946 graduate of City College. He earned a bachelor's degree in American studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951 and a bachelor's degree in architecture from Catholic University of America in Washington in 1958. A former Bolton Hill resident, Mr. Adler began his career in Washington in 1958 working for the architectural firm of Keys, Lethbridge & Condon.

Eve Marks, a retired Beth Tfiloh kindergarten teacher who earned her bachelor's degree at 71, died of old age complications Oct. 3 at her Pikesville home. She was 99. Born Eve Simonoff in what is now Belarus, she sailed to Baltimore as a 4-year-old aboard the steamship Chester A. Arthur and landed at Fells Point with her mother and a sister. She recalled that her father, who had come here earlier, handed her a fresh orange - the first orange she had ever seen. She grew up on Aisquith Street and was a 1925 graduate of Western High School.

John F. Haggerty and James J. Valdes recently were sworn in at the Harford County Courthouse as new members of the Harford Community College board of trustees, after being appointed by Gov. Martin O'Malley. Haggerty fills the vacancy created by the end of Bernard Barnes' term. His five-year term runs through June 30, 2012. Valdes will complete the term of S. Fred Simmons. His term will end June 30, 2008. Haggerty, who has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and a master's in education from the University of Florida, served on the HCC staff for 35 years as associate dean of the health, physical education and recreation division, and as athletic director.

Martin William Furman, former president of a Baltimore automotive parts business, died of Alzheimer's disease Sunday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The longtime Pikesville resident was 76. Mr. Furman was born in Baltimore, raised in Pikesville and graduated from Park School in 1948. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1952 from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., and a second bachelor's degree, in economics, and his law degree from the University of Baltimore. In 1952, he went to work as a truck driver for RPS Products, an automotive parts distributor founded by his parents in 1929.

Ellsworth G. Acker, a retired chemist, died of cancer Sept. 13 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster. The Taylorsville resident was 86. Born in Kokomo, Ind., and raised in Northeast Baltimore's Hamilton section, he was a 1938 graduate of City College. He earned a bachelor's degree in physical science at the University of Maryland. In 1943, Mr. Ellsworth joined the Navy and served as a captain aboard an amphibious craft in the Pacific. After the war, he earned a second bachelor's degree in chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University and became a chemist at W.R. Grace.