University Of Massachusetts

EASTON -- It was supposed to be a carefree summer getaway at a waterfront home on the Eastern Shore - a time for bonding with old friends while celebrating a budding romance. There would be boating, tubing and a bounty of steamed Maryland crabs. But what began as a postcard-perfect trip for a group of college friends and siblings turned tragic in the early hours of Saturday when a fire roared through the sprawling house, cutting short three of the seven young lives. Margaret Rose "Maggie" Fitzgerald, president of her 2007 high school graduating class at Saints Peter and Paul High School in Easton, and her brother Kennedy Fitzgerald, an honor student at the University of Maryland, College Park, died at their family's home, friends said yesterday.

A Mississippi infant born with HIV has become the first child cured of the deadly virus, leaving hope that the disease can be eliminated in the youngest patients, scientists from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions said Sunday. The infant, who was born to an HIV-infected mother, was given antiretroviral treatment beginning 30 hours after birth. Scientists believe the early intervention may have proven key to curing the child, who is now 2 1/2 years old. The infant has been determined “functionally cured,” said the scientists, some of whom are from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Boston Red Sox ace Roger Clemens received what was probably the best news possible yesterday when three tests on his right shoulder determined that he has a muscle strain that will sideline him about one month.After undergoing tests at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, the right-hander will return to Fort Myers, Fla., today to begin his rehabilitation work. Also, he likely will be placed on the disabled list today and will miss his first Opening Day start since 1987.

BETHESDA -- AIDS researchers said yesterday that they plan to begin testing experimental vaccines on babies infected with HIV within about a year.The vaccine trials will probably be conducted at nine pediatric AIDS medical centers approved by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases."

On September 20, 2004, VIRGINIA "GINNY" (nee Meyer); beloved wife of David T. Rees; loving daughter of Joann Meyer and the late Ernest L. Meyer; dear sister of Robert L. Meyer, Ernest L. Meyer, Jr. and Fran M. Musotto. Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate Ginny's life on Saturday, 9 to 10 A.M. at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. Funeral Service to follow. Entombment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Komen Foundation, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309 or to the Class of 1942 Memorial Scholarship Fund, directed to Rachel Koziol, Records and Gifts Processing, University of Massachusetts Memorial Hall, 134 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9270.

RAYMOND C. DOOLEY, 54, of Dublin, Ireland died April 9th at his home after a battle with pancreatic cancer; devoted husband of Anne Rowland, father of Caitriona, Conor and Brian of Dublin; son of Valerie and the late Wallace Dooley, brother of Bill and Kevin. A graduate of Mt. St. Joseph HS and the University of Massachusetts, he resided in Boston during the 1980s and 90s and most recently in Dublin for the past 7 years. Services were held on April 13th in Dublin with burial in County Mayo, Ireland.

Cardinal Gibbons forward Josh Davalli has orally committed to a full Division II basketball scholarship at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.Davalli, 6 feet 6 and a first-team All-Metro pick, averaged 20.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists to earn All-Catholic League honors for the second straight year.He scored a school-record 92 three-pointers.A member of the National Honor Society with a 3.6 grade-point average, Davalli was recruited by Army, Bucknell, Dayton, Maryland, Navy, Penn State, Towson State, UMBC, Creighton, Robert Morris and St. Frances.

A Mass of Christian burial for Malcom Maloof, associate administrator and director of nursing at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, will be offered at noon today at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Washington.Mr. Maloof, who was 39, died Saturday at his home in Washington of complications to AIDS.He began working at the hospital in April 1989 after working for six years at the Montebello Center in Baltimore, where he was nursing director. In Baltimore he did volunteer work with HERO.

COLLEGE PARK -- Four nationally televised appearances on ESPN, including the season opener against Georgetown, will highlight the 1993-94 University of Maryland men's basketball schedule.The schedule, which was released yesterday, also includes a nationally televised game on ESPN against Oklahoma Dec. 7 in Oklahoma City. The Terrapins will be on television 13 times in the regular season.The Nov. 26 game against the Hoyas marks the revival of a rivalry that ended after the 1979-80 season. It will be played at the USAir Arena in Landover and will be part of a four-game ESPN package that day and night.

It may be its diamond jubilee, but Theatre Hopkins is opening its 75th anniversary season tomorrow with pennies -- Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "The Threepenny Opera," to be exact.The musical version of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera," "The Threepenny Opera" was first produced by Theatre Hopkins in 1967, when it was staged by Edward Golden, who spent four years at the helm of the Homewood theater after serving as the first artistic director of Center Stage. Golden, now a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is expected to be in the opening-night audience.