Marburg

On Sunday, August 7, 2005 LOUISE MARBURG (nee Nagle); wife of the late Dr. Rudolf Marburg. Survived by four children, Kenneth and Donald Marburg, Christine Abdale and Karen Marburg, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Walters Art Gallery or The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

On the day before Thanksgiving last year, as millions of Americans prepared to roast turkeys, a section of Interstate 95 cooked for several hours at about a thousand degrees. "The flames were 30 feet in the air," recalls Paul Hubbe. He's seated behind the wheel of a blinding-yellow truck, driving past the spot of that big burn, which occurred a few hundred yards from the Washington Beltway near College Park. "See that tree?" asks Hubbe, wagging an index finger at some of the damage. "That's all charred."

On July 18, 2003, BARBARA ISELIN MARBURG, dear daughter of Nancy Iselin Marburg and the late Charles L. Marburg. Dear sister of Anne, Betsy, Christine and Charlie. RServices private. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Eugene Feinblatt Family Stroke Fund, 100 N. Charles St., Suite 400, Baltimore, MD 21210.

Baltimore lawyer and former Maryland legislator Julian L. Lapides tells a story about how he got hooked up with the American Antiquarian Society, a story involving decades-long pursuits, fascinating characters, tangents, chance meetings and, well, it's a Lapides story. The point is that the famously chatty Lapides is chairman of the board of the American history archive and research organization based in Worcester, Mass. That means he helps run AAS business and acts as host for the semiannual meeting this week, which is being held in Baltimore for the first time in the society's almost two-century history, near as anyone can tell.

Theodore Marburg, who lived most of his life in his townhouse at 14 W. Mount Vernon Place, had been an outspoken proponent of world peace and had lived to see the founding of the United Nations rising out of the failure of the League of Nations.Marburg was an internationally renowned exponent of world peace and former U.S. ambassador to Belgium, author, art collector, proponent of city parks and founder of the Municipal Art Society.Most afternoons, this quiet, slender and elegant man who favored brown suits and soft brown hats, could be seen casually strolling Charles Street, with cane in hand.

The furnishings have an air of elegance and grandeur: cherry armoires, Pembroke drop-leaf tables, Chippendale guest chairs, and Oriental rugs over hardwood floors. Gourmet meals will be served on fine china. Appointments include in-room refrigerators, TV's with premium cable, terry cloth robes in the closets and deluxe toiletries on the bathroom counter.A guest suite at the newest Ritz-Carlton? No, it's a hospital room -- the new "high amenities" patient area at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Some of the viruses are already notorious, such as Ebola and HIV. Others have less familiar names: Marburg and Lassa fever. But they share one feature: All have emerged in recent decades from sub-Saharan Africa, perplexing scientists and, in the case of HIV, killing millions. Africa is now recognized as an ideal incubator for new pathogens: It has rapidly growing human populations and high biodiversity, along with widespread poverty, poor medical care and, in many countries, armed conflict that forces civilians to flee far from their homes.

State regulators have suspended the license of a Baltimore psychologist who improperly required the parents of his young patients to become patients themselves.The state Board of Examiners of Psychologists found that Dr. Galen S. Marburg, of the 6300 block of Harford Road, diagnosed the parents as having "mood" or "anxiety" disorders, then billed insurance companies for psychotherapy sessions with them that did not occur.In one case, Marburg billed for therapy sessions with the parents on dates when the family was away on vacation.

Christine van S. Cheston, a patron of the arts who survived imprisonment in a Japanese prison camp during World War II, died Monday of cancer at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. She was 76. A longtime Roland Park resident who enjoyed gardening and travel, she was an enthusiastic supporter of the Baltimore Opera Company and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Christine Jacoba Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, who was known as "Tiny," was born in Paris and educated privately.

Joseph K. Pokorny, 77, attorney, film-censor chief Joseph K. Pokorny, an attorney for 44 years and former head of the State Board of Motion Picture Censors, died of a heart attack Sunday at his Towson home. He was 77. At the time of his death, Mr. Pokorny was still practicing general and real estate law from his office in the Jeffers Building in Towson. He had served as chairman of the State Board of Motion Picture Censors after being appointed to the office by his former law partner, then-Gov.

Edward F. "Fitz" Marburger Jr., a pilot and former Pasadena resident, died in his sleep Aug. 17 at his home in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was 74. Mr. Marburger was born in Salem, Ohio, and raised in Pottsville, Pa. He earned a bachelor's degree from Susquehanna University and during the 1950s served with the Navy's Seabees. He taught special-education students for several years in Middleburg, Pa., and was a flight instructor in New Cumberland, Pa., before coming to Pasadena in the 1970s and working as a home inspector.

On Sunday, August 7, 2005 LOUISE MARBURG (nee Nagle); wife of the late Dr. Rudolf Marburg. Survived by four children, Kenneth and Donald Marburg, Christine Abdale and Karen Marburg, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Walters Art Gallery or The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Some of the viruses are already notorious, such as Ebola and HIV. Others have less familiar names: Marburg and Lassa fever. But they share one feature: All have emerged in recent decades from sub-Saharan Africa, perplexing scientists and, in the case of HIV, killing millions. Africa is now recognized as an ideal incubator for new pathogens: It has rapidly growing human populations and high biodiversity, along with widespread poverty, poor medical care and, in many countries, armed conflict that forces civilians to flee far from their homes.

UIGE, Angola - For nearly four weeks, teams of health experts have been trying to set up a rescue operation in this town of windowless, crumbling buildings with no running water, intermittent electricity, poor sanitation and a perennially jammed telephone network. They are trying to contain the world's worst outbreak of one of the world's most frightening viruses, known as Marburg. But with the death toll rising every day, no one is predicting success soon. A cousin of Ebola, the Marburg virus has erupted periodically in Africa in sudden, gruesome epidemics, only to disappear just as mysteriously.

On January 2, 2005, RANDY LEE; beloved husband of Paula Anne Cherelstein (nee Todd); father of Tracey Cole; father-in-law of Jason Cole; grandfather of Joshua Todd; son of Shirley Shapiro Melman; brother of Steve and Bruce Cherelstein. Services at ECKHARDT FUNERAL CHAPEL, P.A., route 30 and Charmil Drive, Manchester, Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment in Marburg Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday, 6 to 8 P.M. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Sinai Cancer Institute, 2401 W. Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215 c/o Donna Nicholls.

On July 18, 2003, BARBARA ISELIN MARBURG, dear daughter of Nancy Iselin Marburg and the late Charles L. Marburg. Dear sister of Anne, Betsy, Christine and Charlie. RServices private. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Eugene Feinblatt Family Stroke Fund, 100 N. Charles St., Suite 400, Baltimore, MD 21210.

Each of the four buildings restored by Agora Inc. has its own character and its own storiesA. The former Marburg Mansion, 14 W. Mount Vernon Place: Designed by Niernsee and Neilson and built in 1847. Named for Theodore Marburg, former U.S. ambassador to Belgium. Rebuilt in 1895, with Baldwin and Pennington as the architect. Historians believe Marburg and President Woodrow Wilson drew up portions of the Charter of the League of Nations in the library. Now houses Agora's executive offices.B.

On January 2, 2005, RANDY LEE; beloved husband of Paula Anne Cherelstein (nee Todd); father of Tracey Cole; father-in-law of Jason Cole; grandfather of Joshua Todd; son of Shirley Shapiro Melman; brother of Steve and Bruce Cherelstein. Services at ECKHARDT FUNERAL CHAPEL, P.A., route 30 and Charmil Drive, Manchester, Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment in Marburg Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday, 6 to 8 P.M. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Sinai Cancer Institute, 2401 W. Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215 c/o Donna Nicholls.

Anne W. Taliaferro, 81 occupational therapist Anne W. Taliaferro, a retired occupational therapist and avid gardener, died Sunday of respiratory failure at her daughter's home in Oxford, Pa. She was 81 and lived in Stoneleigh. Mrs. Taliaferro retired in the mid-1980s from Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, where she had worked in the occupational therapy department. Born Anne Weyrich in Baltimore, she was raised in Windsor Hills and South Amboy, N.J. She graduated in 1937 from the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore and earned her bachelor's degree in occupational therapy from Columbia University.

Joseph K. Pokorny, 77, attorney, film-censor chief Joseph K. Pokorny, an attorney for 44 years and former head of the State Board of Motion Picture Censors, died of a heart attack Sunday at his Towson home. He was 77. At the time of his death, Mr. Pokorny was still practicing general and real estate law from his office in the Jeffers Building in Towson. He had served as chairman of the State Board of Motion Picture Censors after being appointed to the office by his former law partner, then-Gov.