University Of Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - What if Baltimore County schools absorbed Baltimore City schools, and families in the newly formed district had a wide choice of schools in a carefully crafted plan intended to promote racial diversity? Such a "metropolitan" cure to school segregation has been discussed for years. I have in my hopeless chest a lawsuit drafted by a local lawyer that would have forced a city-county merger three decades ago. It was never filed. What didn't happen in Baltimore, however, did occur 30 years ago in this river city that plays host to the Kentucky Derby.

Dr. Kenneth SnawderDr. Kenneth D. Snawder, who wrote a handbook that is widelyused in teaching pediatric dentistry, died Sunday of cancer at a hospital in Louisville, Ky.Services for Dr. Snawder, who was 57 and lived in Greenville, Ind., near Louisville, were being held today at the Eckhardt Funeral Chapel, 11605 Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills.The pediatric dentist first came to the Baltimore area when he served in the Army and was stationed at Fort Holabird from 1957 to 1959. He returned here from 1962 to 1963, working as a chemist for Alcolac Inc. and the Seven-Up Bottling Co.Dr.

Louisville, Kentucky -- Here's a community, in the midst of a biting national recession, that thinks it's fixed some of its bad old habits and found a way to keep its head above water -- maybe even grow some.Reversing a dramatic loss in manufacturing jobs in the early '80s, the Louisville market area in the last five years has been gaining an average of 10,000 jobs a year. Residents' real earnings have grown 9 percent in the last three years.In the mid-'70s there was public uproar over school busing; in the early '80s, Louisville got dubbed ''Strike City'' for its contentious labor relations.

Chang-Lin Tien, 67, who as chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, was the first Asian-American to head a major U.S. university, died Tuesday, the school announced. He had suffered a stroke after surgery for a brain tumor two years ago. An expert on thermal science, Mr. Tien, an engineering professor, helped developed the insulating tiles for the space shuttle and worked on the Saturn rocket boosters used in the space program. In 1999, the International Astronomical Union renamed an asteroid Tienchanglin in his honor.

Most of John Unitas' life has been consumed with statistics. Such impressive attainments as the first quarterback to account for more than 40,000 yards and the incomparable achievement of completing touchdown passes in 47 straight games. But the intangibles were more important, how he was beyond intimidation and refused to yield when confronted with physical pain.There was, furthermore, no defense he couldn't beat. A mind reader? No. Just an analytical leader with a sense of recognition, a perception of how to attack a coverage and introduce the element of surprise.

Soon, John Unitas will become acquainted, in person, with a replica of himself, a creation In bronze that will serve as the centerpiece for the University of Louisville's new football stadium. The statue, spectacularly realistic, is in its final stages, approaching completion with only a matter of weeks before being prepared for delivery.The impressive work has been produced by one Frederick Kail, who first sculptured miniature football figurines of the Baltimore Colts to help pay his tuition at the Maryland Institute.

No idea what sort of job might suit you? A Middle River software company that fuses applications and psychology has a personality test for that - one built around images rather than questions. Compass Lite, which went public last week and launched more officially on Monday, is tech firm Woofound's twist on the personality assessments taken by hordes of students, job candidates and online surfers. Woofound's app has participants rate 84 photos - of everything from artwork to a camping tent - as either "me" or "not me. " Then it spits out a personality type, such as "planner/inventor," along with career recommendations and information about those job possibilities.

Gregory L. Geoffroy, a 22-year professor and administrator at Pennsylvania State University, has been named vice president and provost at the University of Maryland College Park.Geoffroy, dean of the Eberly College of Science at Penn State, will begin work at Maryland on June 1, taking responsibility for two-thirds of the university's $725 million operating budget and overseeing all academic functions.Geoffroy joined the Penn State chemistry faculty in 1974.A graduate of the University of Louisville, Geoffroy earned his doctorate from the California Institute of Technology.

University of Maryland police have searched a fraternity house and found stolen electronic equipment, said officials on the College Park campus.A search yesterday of Zeta Beta Tau turned up a number of items stolen from the University of Louisville last year, college spokeswoman Roz Hiebert said. Police also found drug paraphernalia and what authorities suspect is a small amount of marijuana, she said."This is a vigorously conducted investigation by our own campus police," said Hiebert. "We will continue until we find out whether the code of student conduct has been violated.