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Dr. Gary S. Hill, an internationally renowned renal pathologist and the former chief of pathology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, died Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 74. Dr. Hill pioneered a new technique for biopsies of tissue, in addition to developing a system for identifying lupus and how far the disease had progressed in a patient. Colleagues and family described him as a man greatly interested in conversation and friends, traits that translated into the way he moved forward in his career.

In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even more than on a long history of leading an organization. The Yale-trained Marciari-Alexander, 45, serves as the San Diego Museum of Art's head curator and starts her new post April 1. She will succeed Gary Vikan, who is retiring in June after 27 years at the Walters and who helped the museum become a national leader in rethinking the traditional role of arts institutions.

Former Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams has been named to the 13-member ACC “Legends Class.” Among those also named: former ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan, former North Carolina star Mike O'Koren and former N.C. State standout Dereck Whittenburg. The group will be honored at the ACC tournament in March. Williams won 461 games in 22 seasons at Maryland, his alma mater. Williams will  be attending Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans. Williams and Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti are close friends.

Howard Gary Bass, whose career as a Baltimore District Court judge spanned nearly three decades and who was known as something of a judicial free spirit for his application of humor to the law, died Tuesday afternoon at Good Samaritan Hospital after being stricken with a heart attack at his Homeland residence. Judge Bass was 70. On the day of his death, lawyers, judges and colleagues from across the state were preparing to honor him at a retirement dinner that evening at Sammy's Trattoria in downtown Baltimore.

When Johns Hopkins landed the first-ever oral commitment from a high school freshman lacrosse player last month, one thing was certain: It would not be the last. And now comes word of the second player who has made his college choice before setting foot on a high school field: long-stick midfielder/defenseman Jack Reilly of Conestoga High in Berwyn, Pa., who has committed to Virginia, according to multiple reports. Reilly joins Forry Smith , who orally committed to Hopkins in November . Smith attends Haverford School in Havertown, less than 10 miles east of Conestoga in southeastern Pennsylvania's lacrosse hotbed.

Former Maryland coach Gary Williams said today that the school's proposed move to the Big Ten would be a tremendous boost for the Terps' athletic program. In a telephone interview with The Baltimore Sun today, Williams said the school's long history with ACC doesn't pay the bills. "You look around today with what's going on, and those schools [in the Big Ten] are certainly in keeping with what Maryland feels about academics. You look at a school like Notre Dame that signed its own TV contract and are now partially joining the ACC. They're looking out for their university.

College basketball CSN hires former Terps coach Williams as analyst Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic announced that former Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams has joined the network as an analyst. Williams will regularly provide analysis, features and special segments for the network's news and entertainment programs, including "Geico SportsNet Central" and "SportsTalk Live. " He will also contribute to CSNwashington.com and CSNbaltimore.com. Before retiring in 2011, Williams spent 33 years as a college head coach, including 22 at Maryland, which he led to the 2002 NCAA title.

The Ravens aren't the only team preparing for the rest of 2012 without Ray Lewis. The Houston Texans, Sunday's opponent, must also adjust their game plan on attacking a Ravens defense that will rely on Jameel McClain, Dannell Ellerbe, Brendon Ayanbadejo and perhaps Albert McClellan to fill the void created by the absence of the 13-time Pro Bowl inside linebacker, who tore his right triceps in Sunday's 31-29 win against the Dallas Cowboys. Houston can empathize with the Ravens after losing inside linebacker Brian Cushing in a win against the New York Jets on Oct. 8 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Gary A. Mullen, a retired Bell Atlantic-Maryland Inc. telephone operator who had been a longtime active member of the Civil Air Patrol, died Wednesday of complications from diabetes at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 70. The son of a court clerk and a telephone operator, Gary A. Mullen was born in Baltimore and raised in the city's Pimlico neighborhood. He was a 1961 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned an associate's degree from what is now Baltimore City Community College.

A man who was shot by a Baltimore County police officer Wednesday and later found in a Catonsville High School parking lot has been charged and remains hospitalized. Steven David Gary, 45, of Pikesville was shot when he attempted to drive toward the officer, police said. The officer fired at least one shot. The department identified the officer only as Officer Boone, a 13-year veteran assigned to Precinct 1/Wilkens patrol. He has been placed under administrative duty, which is the department policy while police-involved shootings are investigated.