Dunning

On December 7, 2005, LINDA S. (nee Seville) DUNNING, of Freeland, MD. Beloved daughter of the late Helen (Schauer) Gebhart and F. Brent Seville. Devoted wife of Robert C. Dunning and dear mother of Lucas Robert Dunning and the late Leah Jane Dunning. The family will receive friends at the JJ Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second Street New Freedom, PA on Sunday December 11 from 2-4 PM. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 43025, 8219 Town Center Drive, Baltimore, MD 21236-0025.

Globalization, a hot-button issue known to send thousands of protesters into the streets, can also bring people into a concert hall for a totally peaceful, compelling experience. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's first Explorer Series program of the season provides a welcome example of cultural fusion, with the help of Tan Dun. The Chinese-born composer, perhaps most widely known for his multiple award-winning film score Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has a rare gift for bringing together East and West in his work to often astounding effect.

Bessie O'Dell Dunning, a homemaker who enjoyed playing the piano, died of Alzheimer's disease Thursday at Genesis Eldercare at Brightwood in Lutherville. She was 85. Born Bessie O'Dell in Jacksonville, Fla., she moved with her family as a child to Baltimore's Homewood section. She was a 1935 graduate of Bryn Mawr School. She earned a bachelor's degree in music in 1939 from Goucher College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She also earned a second bachelor's degree in piano from the Peabody Conservatory in 1940.

Those possibly eternal opposites, East and West, have met again in The First Emperor, a visually spectacular, often engaging, and not entirely successful opera by Tan Dun. This new work by the winner of an Academy Award and a Grammy for his Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon film score is a hot ticket at New York's Metropolitan Opera, which commissioned the piece a decade ago. Although a few seats were available for last Thursday's opening night, the eight...

Henry Armitt Brown Dunning Jr., retired vice president of Hynson, Westcott and Dunning and a champion archer, died Sunday of multiple organ failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 90 and lived at the Brightwood retirement community in Lutherville. Mr. Dunning, a former longtime resident of Riderwood who was known as Brown, headed the chemistry department of Hynson, Westcott and Dunning, a former Baltimore pharmaceutical manufacturer, from 1934 until he retired in 1972. His father, Henry Armitt Brown Dunning Sr., was one of the founders and later chairman of the board of the company, which was established in 1889 and moved in 1922 to its landmark headquarters building at the southeast corner of Charles and Chase streets, near the Belvedere Hotel.

Not the Civil War but its Reconstruction aftermath rumbles on as the bloodiest battleground for American historians. In sheer numbers, there is nothing to compare with the continuing avalanche of war buff books on every brigade, every skirmish, every general in the North-South conflict. But these remain details about outcomes already known. What makes Reconstruction history so contentious, ideological and ever changing is its relevance, year after year, to the ferment of race relations in American society.

On January 21, 2005, RAYMOND HALTOM. Born in Palastina, IL; he resided in Indiana until he enlisted in the US Navy in September of 1941 serving for 29 years. He resided in Baltimore for 25 years. He is survived by three brothers, Leon, Marion and Dale Haltom and one daughter, Carole Dunning. Services private.

HAGERSTOWN -- Until three weeks ago, the last time June E. Dunning had been in the hospital was in 1951, when she gave birth to her daughter, Corinne. That changed Sept. 2 after Dunning, 86, ate spinach from a bag and became severely ill. She entered a hospital for the first time in her daughter's memory. She died battling an E. coli infection 11 days later. Yesterday, standing in the living room of the Hagerstown house she shared with her mother, Corinne Swartz said that while evidence might never prove conclusively that Dunning was killed by the strain of bacteria that has sickened people nationwide in recent weeks, her family believes that her death was caused by eating contaminated spinach.

A Hereford High School student was killed and another was critically injured yesterday in northern Baltimore County when the car they were in collided with a truck while the students were on their way home from school. Lt. Minda F. Foxwell of the Baltimore County Police Department's traffic management section, said Leah J. Dunning, 17, was attempting to turn west onto Middletown Road from Interstate 83 at 3 p.m. when her car was struck. "Witnesses say she hesitated and pulled into the path of the truck," Foxwell said.

COLLEGE PARK -- Not so long ago, women's volleyball was a game for those of average height and size, as Pacific coach John Dunning remembers.When he won his first NCAA championship in 1985, Dunning's squad had just one player who was 6 feet tall.But now, as the fifth-ranked Tigers prepare to join Nebraska, Louisiana State and UCLA tonight in the volleyball Final Four at Maryland's Cole Field House, Dunning is impressed by the number of giants who come to the nets and how well they play."They are bigger and more acrobatic," said Dunning.

HAGERSTOWN -- Until three weeks ago, the last time June E. Dunning had been in the hospital was in 1951, when she gave birth to her daughter, Corinne. That changed Sept. 2 after Dunning, 86, ate spinach from a bag and became severely ill. She entered a hospital for the first time in her daughter's memory. She died battling an E. coli infection 11 days later. Yesterday, standing in the living room of the Hagerstown house she shared with her mother, Corinne Swartz said that while evidence might never prove conclusively that Dunning was killed by the strain of bacteria that has sickened people nationwide in recent weeks, her family believes that her death was caused by eating contaminated spinach.

On December 7, 2005, LINDA S. (nee Seville) DUNNING, of Freeland, MD. Beloved daughter of the late Helen (Schauer) Gebhart and F. Brent Seville. Devoted wife of Robert C. Dunning and dear mother of Lucas Robert Dunning and the late Leah Jane Dunning. The family will receive friends at the JJ Hartenstein Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second Street New Freedom, PA on Sunday December 11 from 2-4 PM. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 43025, 8219 Town Center Drive, Baltimore, MD 21236-0025.

On January 21, 2005, RAYMOND HALTOM. Born in Palastina, IL; he resided in Indiana until he enlisted in the US Navy in September of 1941 serving for 29 years. He resided in Baltimore for 25 years. He is survived by three brothers, Leon, Marion and Dale Haltom and one daughter, Carole Dunning. Services private.

On May 27, 2003, WILLIAM COHEN M.D. of Florida; husband of Mary Ellen Cohen; beloved father of Mrs. Wendy Finklea, Mr. Jon Cohen, Mrs. Barbara Dunning, Ms. Blakley Cohen, of Florida; dear brother of Dr. David Cohen and Mrs. Anita Miller of Baltimore; son of the late Minnie and Samuel Cohen. Also survived by several grandchildren. Services to be held out of town. Family will be at home at 1 Pomona East, Apt. 410, Sunday, June 2 and Monday, June 3.

Bessie O'Dell Dunning, a homemaker who enjoyed playing the piano, died of Alzheimer's disease Thursday at Genesis Eldercare at Brightwood in Lutherville. She was 85. Born Bessie O'Dell in Jacksonville, Fla., she moved with her family as a child to Baltimore's Homewood section. She was a 1935 graduate of Bryn Mawr School. She earned a bachelor's degree in music in 1939 from Goucher College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She also earned a second bachelor's degree in piano from the Peabody Conservatory in 1940.

Not the Civil War but its Reconstruction aftermath rumbles on as the bloodiest battleground for American historians. In sheer numbers, there is nothing to compare with the continuing avalanche of war buff books on every brigade, every skirmish, every general in the North-South conflict. But these remain details about outcomes already known. What makes Reconstruction history so contentious, ideological and ever changing is its relevance, year after year, to the ferment of race relations in American society.

On May 27, 2003, WILLIAM COHEN M.D. of Florida; husband of Mary Ellen Cohen; beloved father of Mrs. Wendy Finklea, Mr. Jon Cohen, Mrs. Barbara Dunning, Ms. Blakley Cohen, of Florida; dear brother of Dr. David Cohen and Mrs. Anita Miller of Baltimore; son of the late Minnie and Samuel Cohen. Also survived by several grandchildren. Services to be held out of town. Family will be at home at 1 Pomona East, Apt. 410, Sunday, June 2 and Monday, June 3.

City health officials told an anxious audience of Morgan State University students and staff members yesterday that there is a very low risk of their contracting bacterial meningitis after the death of Sheronda Conaway, a 20-year-old student and cheerleader who died of the disease Friday.Richard Dunning, the city's acting assistant commissioner for preventive medicine, said there was little chance the disease would spread across the campus, because it is contracted through close, "saliva-type" contact.

Of all the mind-boggling ideas that exploded during the 20th century, those about music by John Cage rank among the most provocative - and encouraging. "Until I die there will be sounds," he wrote in 1961. "And they will continue following after my death. One need not fear about the future of music." Cage heard music everywhere and in everything. A lot of folks won't ever be able to go that far, but those who gathered at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall Monday night got a jolting reminder of his philosophy from remarkable Chinese composer Tan Dun and the New York-based Eos Orchestra.

A Hereford High School student was killed and another was critically injured yesterday in northern Baltimore County when the car they were in collided with a truck while the students were on their way home from school. Lt. Minda F. Foxwell of the Baltimore County Police Department's traffic management section, said Leah J. Dunning, 17, was attempting to turn west onto Middletown Road from Interstate 83 at 3 p.m. when her car was struck. "Witnesses say she hesitated and pulled into the path of the truck," Foxwell said.