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Ray Budde, 82, an education professor who defined the term "charter school," died June 11 in Springfield, Mass. A former assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he suggested the term in the 1970s but long opposed the later idea of charter schools as an alternative to public education.

AMHERST, Mass. -- Towson's special teams were anything but special in yesterday's Colonial Athletic Association opener at the University of Massachusetts. But that wasn't the only reason the Tigers suffered a 36-13 loss. Delaware @Towson Saturday, 7 p.m., 1570 AM

A credit line was inadvertently omitted Sunday from computer images accompanying an article on minimal surfaces displayed in an exhibit at the Maryland Science Center. The images were created by James T. Hoffman of the University of Massachusetts.The Sun regrets the error.

A medical expert testified yesterday that the scenario of death row inmate Vernon L. Evans Jr. remaining conscious but paralyzed and unable to signal his pain as he is executed is "medically implausible." Attorneys for Evans have argued during a federal court challenge to the state's lethal injection procedures that unqualified members of Maryland's execution team trying to start an IV line in the prisoner's heroin-ravaged veins could leave him insufficiently sedated, and at particular risk of suffering excruciating pain during the execution.

They can go at their own pace. It is like watching a television show on TiVo, but with a class." - JOHN WARNER, chemistry professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, on the benefits of replacing in-person teaching with podcasts; more college and university instructors are recording their lectures as downloadable files that students can listen to whenever and wherever they want

AMHERST, Mass. -- Towson's special teams were anything but special in yesterday's Colonial Athletic Association opener at the University of Massachusetts. But that wasn't the only reason the Tigers suffered a 36-13 loss. Delaware @Towson Saturday, 7 p.m., 1570 AM

Thomas J. Chmura, who helped shape a vision for Baltimore's economic future, is moving to an economic development job at the University of Massachusetts.The Greater Baltimore Committee's deputy director said he was lured away by Michael Hooker, the former president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, during an August vacation in Maine. Mr. Hooker became the president of University of Massachusetts this year.The two men were instrumental in convincing the region's business community that life sciences and high-tech companies could become the future economic base for Baltimore and the state.

Ernest A. Lynton,71, a university physics professor and administrator, died March 18 in Brookline, Mass. Mr. Lynton taught physics at Rutgers University and was founding dean of its Livingston College, where a residential tower is named in his honor. He later became vice president of academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and taught at the university's McCormack Institute of Public Affairs.Beverly C. Payne Jr.,77, a University of Michigan researcher who was among the first to develop quantitative methods for measuring physicians' performance, died in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Kate Kuhn and Greg Rolland were married June 19, 2004 at the bride's grandparent's home in Syracuse, NY. The bride, 33, who will be known as Kate Kuhn Rolland, is a Registered Nurse at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. She received her Bachelor's degree from Byrn Mawr College in 1992 and a Nursing degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2003. The bridegroom, 31, graduated from Wesleyan University in CT in 1995 and is a candidate for an MBA at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Leonard Shoen, 83, founder of U-Haul International Inc., the nation's largest truck rental company, died in a traffic accident Monday in Las Vegas. He founded Phoenix-based U-Haul in 1945 and built it into the most recognized self-moving company in the nation with its signature orange and white trucks.Francis Turner, 90, a one-time federal highway administrator who advised President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the interstate highway system and was considered its chief architect, died Saturday of cancer in Washington.

They can go at their own pace. It is like watching a television show on TiVo, but with a class." - JOHN WARNER, chemistry professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, on the benefits of replacing in-person teaching with podcasts; more college and university instructors are recording their lectures as downloadable files that students can listen to whenever and wherever they want

Ray Budde, 82, an education professor who defined the term "charter school," died June 11 in Springfield, Mass. A former assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he suggested the term in the 1970s but long opposed the later idea of charter schools as an alternative to public education.

On Monday, March 14, 2005, DR. NATHAN RODNEY RITTER, 40, of Germantown, died at Georgetown University Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Laura Ritter of Germantown; father of Charlie Ritter of Germantown; brother of Margaret Lacasse and Eric Ritter, both of Chicopee, MA; son-in-law of John and Connie Veise, and brother-in-law of Michael Veise, all of Marriottsville, MD; also survived by several nephews. Born September 4, 1964 in Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Rodney and Barbara Ritter.

Kate Kuhn and Greg Rolland were married June 19, 2004 at the bride's grandparent's home in Syracuse, NY. The bride, 33, who will be known as Kate Kuhn Rolland, is a Registered Nurse at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. She received her Bachelor's degree from Byrn Mawr College in 1992 and a Nursing degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2003. The bridegroom, 31, graduated from Wesleyan University in CT in 1995 and is a candidate for an MBA at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Leonard Shoen, 83, founder of U-Haul International Inc., the nation's largest truck rental company, died in a traffic accident Monday in Las Vegas. He founded Phoenix-based U-Haul in 1945 and built it into the most recognized self-moving company in the nation with its signature orange and white trucks.Francis Turner, 90, a one-time federal highway administrator who advised President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the interstate highway system and was considered its chief architect, died Saturday of cancer in Washington.

John Donovan Strong, an astronomer who was a professor at Johns Hopkins University before moving to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, died of cancer Saturday at a nursing home in Amherst. He was 87.A Mass of Christian burial for Dr. Strong will be offered at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church in Amherst.He retired from the University of Massachusetts in 1975, when he was named a professor emeritus. He had been director of the Laboratory of Astrophysics and Physical Meteorology there since 1967.

Names in the newsHospice of the Chesapeake'sboard of directors recently installed officers at its annual meeting: Chairwoman, Martha O'Herlihy; vice chairman, Joe Brennan; secretary, M. Pat Farrell; and treasurer, John P. Rhody. O'Herlihy, Farrell and Rhody are longtime board members. Brennan recently retired as senior director for regional procurement at Marriott Corp.Marc F. Brassard,an orthopedic surgeon with an interest in joint replacement and sports medicine, has joined the staff of Anne Arundel Medical Center.