History Teacher

Charles O' Donovan Evans, a retired history teacher and archivist at Mount de Sales Academy, died of lung cancer Nov. 27 at a friend's home in Sparks. He was 80. Born in Baltimore and raised on Longwood Road in Roland Park, he was the son of the commander of the 29th Division, Maryland National Guard, Henry Cotheal Evans, who fought in both World Wars I and II, and the former Eleanor O'Donovan. He was a 1949 Loyola High School graduate and played for the school's football team, a squad invited to play in the New Year's Day contest at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

On Wednesday night, after 18 months of construction and three years of planning, the $500 million Maryland Live Casino in Hanover was ready for prime time. Just after 10 p.m., Roxine Noone of Jessup burst through the doors of the just-opened casino at Arundel Mills mall and whooped her excitement — holding a crisp $100 bill out in front of her. "I have been waiting nine years for this," she said. Judy Sorrell of Annapolis threw her hands into the air as she came through the doors after having waited in line for more than five hours.

Harold Greenwald, a former longtime history teacher at City College and avid theater buff, died of coronary artery disease Thursday at his Pikesville home. He was 94. Despite years of debilitating health problems, Mr. Greenwald remained active and fully engaged in the "business of life" until the last couple of months. "Dad really lived Dylan Thomas' advice in his poem `Do not go gentle into that good night,'" said a daughter, Judy Mehlman of Pikesville. "We are convinced that it was Dad's unquenchable passion for life that kept him going these past few years despite many health crises.

Edward Standish "Brad" Bradford Jr., a career educator who had been headmaster of Boys' Latin School during the early 1980s, died Thursday from complications after surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 83. The son of a businessman and a homemaker, Mr. Bradford was born and raised in Longmeadow, Mass. After graduating from Admiral Billard Academy in New London, Conn., he served in the Air Force during the Korean War. After being discharged from the service, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1956 from the University of Connecticut.

Frederick A. Johnson, who shared his penchant for history and world events with students during a 30-year teaching career in Baltimore County public schools, died of cancer Monday at Northwest Hospital Center. He was 72 and lived in Randallstown. Mr. Johnson was born and raised in Greenville, N.C., and earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1954 from what was then Morgan State College. In 1961, he earned a master's degree in secondary education from Pennsylvania State University in State College.

David J. Carey, a retired teacher whose enthusiasm illuminating historical events and the personalities behind them earned him accolades and admiration from students and faculty during his years at Pikesville High School, died of lung cancer Tuesday at Sinai Hospital. The Reisterstown resident was 70. Mr. Carey was born and raised in Marion, Iowa, and after graduating from high school in 1953, he earned a bachelor's degree with honors in journalism from the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1957.

Ruth Dillon Brock, a retired history teacher, died of congestive heart failure Friday at the Broadmead Retirement Community in Cockeysville. The former Village of Cross Keys resident was 83. Born Ruth Dillon in Atlanta, she earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Georgia and wrote a column on life amid the war effort for the Atlanta Constitution in the 1940s. She married Pope Furman Brock in 1948 and moved to Baltimore, where she raised their three children and for 20 years taught European and Russian history at Roland Park Country School.

Theodore A. Heun, a retired Baltimore County high school history teacher who was a witness to the shootings of students at Kent State University in 1970, died June 5 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, at his Ellicott City home. He was 69. Mr. Heun, the son of German immigrants, was born in Baltimore and raised in Oliver Beach. After graduating from Kenwood High School in 1959, he earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1963 from what is now Towson University.

Frederick Leist Jr., a retired St. Paul's School for Boys faculty member and Navy lieutenant commander, died of complications from a stroke Tuesday at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital. The Roland Park resident was 76. Mr. Leist taught history at the Brooklandville school for 20 years and often infused his lectures with personal observations of world affairs. Born in Baltimore and raised in Stoneleigh, he was long fascinated by history. As a boy, he frequently visited the Confederate Soldiers Home in Pikesville and listened to aged Civil War veterans tell their stories.

The strategy was formulating in Bennie Anderson's mind. Anderson had his job as a high school history teacher in St. Louis during the summer. Now, all he needed was a way to reach his students by using a non-conventional method, something he was working on shortly before the Ravens called and invited him to training camp. "A lot of people will appreciate history more if you change the way it's taught. As long as I can change the way it is taught, then I can influence the kids," Anderson said.

E. Patrick Moloney, a banker turned educator who passed onto generations of Archbishop Curley High students his enthusiasm and passion for American and Maryland history, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. The longtime Northeast Baltimore resident was 79. Mr. Moloney, the son of a Baltimore police officer and a homemaker, was born Edward Patrick Moloney in Baltimore and raised in the city's Bel Air-Edison neighborhood. "He never used his first name," said his wife of 33 years, the former Rose Dagostaro.

Charles O' Donovan Evans, a retired history teacher and archivist at Mount de Sales Academy, died of lung cancer Nov. 27 at his companion's home in Sparks. He was 80. Born in Baltimore and raised on Longwood Road in Roland Park, he was the son of the commander of the 29th Division, Maryland National Guard, Henry Cotheal Evans, who fought in both World Wars I and II, and the former Eleanor O'Donovan. He was a 1949 Loyola High School graduate and played for the school's football team, a squad invited to play in the New Year's Day contest at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

Theodore A. Heun, a retired Baltimore County high school history teacher who was a witness to the shootings of students at Kent State University in 1970, died June 5 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, at his Ellicott City home. He was 69. Mr. Heun, the son of German immigrants, was born in Baltimore and raised in Oliver Beach. After graduating from Kenwood High School in 1959, he earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1963 from what is now Towson University.

The Rev. Virginia H. Leitzel, a retired Baltimore County school teacher who later became an ordained Methodist minister, died Friday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 84. Virginia Doris Mae Hines was born at the Fort Howard Veterans Administration Hospital in eastern Baltimore County and raised in Sparrows Point. After graduating from Sparrows Point High School in 1942, she enrolled at what was then Western Maryland College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in English and history in 1946.

The voice of William C. Schultheis echoed off stone walls and clapboard Dickeyville homes on July 4th mornings. He spoke through a bullhorn as he led his neighborhood's annual history walk along nearly forgotten mill sites, abandoned streetcar lines and a jail. His audience offered no objections when the history lesson lasted two hours. The retired Baltimore teacher died of lung cancer Wednesday at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. He was 70. Born and raised in Frostburg, he was a Beall High School graduate.

Marcy Leonard, principal at Atholton High School, vividly recalls being taught by Carroll Wesley Haddaway as an eighth-grader at Clarksville Middle School. "What a passionate history educator," said Leonard, who recalled a three-day lesson that Haddaway presented on the Battle of Gettysburg. "He absolutely made the history come alive in his classroom. He truly knew how to motivate." Leonard said she is convinced that Haddaway played a large role in her decision to become a social studies teacher.