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In a surprise move announced yesterday, the staff of the biodefense policy center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is leaving Hopkins to create a similar center for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. But the University of Pittsburgh's new Center for Biosecurity will have its headquarters in Baltimore, as well as offices in Washington and Pittsburgh, said Dr. Tara O'Toole, director of Hopkins' Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies. "We're taking everybody with us," O'Toole said of the 20- person staff.

Gertrude "Trudi" Barris, an Annapolis community volunteer and former college administrator, died of congestive heart failure April 1 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Eastport resident was 88. Born Gertrude Wall in Pittsburgh, she attended Muskingum College in Ohio and the University of Pittsburgh. She was a Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh office administrator who went on to become director of student affairs at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she was fondly known as "Dean" Barris.

Dr. Barry S. Tatar, a partner in the Ear, Nose and Throat Specialty Group, has been named chief of otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) at Greater Laurel Beltsville Hospital.Dr. Tatar is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh College of Arts and Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery internship at the University of Pittsburgh and his residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and clinics.The Ear, Nose and Throat Specialty Group has offices in Laurel, Columbia and Glen Burnie.

1 No. 1 vs. No. 2: The University of Connecticut women's basketball team, ranked No. 1 all season, travels to No. 2 North Carolina (7 p.m., ESPN2). 2 Rebound game: The University of Pittsburgh men's team, which likely will lose its No. 1 ranking after falling at Louisville on Saturday, hosts Syracuse in a Big East game (7 p.m., ESPN). 3 Tripleheader Monday: An NBA tripleheader begins with Detroit at Memphis at 5:30 p.m., followed by Phoenix at Boston at 8 and Cleveland at the Los Angeles Lakers at 10:30 (TNT)

A 62-year-old man became the world's second recipient of a baboon liver at the University of Pittsburgh yesterday in a transplant that was part of an effort to overcome the species barrier and alleviate the growing shortage of organs from human donors.The patient was dying from hepatitis B, a virus that destroyed his liver, building up bile in his blood and giving his skin a deep yellow hue.But his chronic active hepatitis B infection would most likely infect a donated human liver, making him ineligible to receive a donated human organ at most transplant centers, including the University of Pittsburgh, officials said.

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Ware, of Friedens, PA, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Susan Lindsay Ware, to Mr. Robert Scott Gahs, son of Mrs. Marie Gahs and the late Mr. Kenneth Gahs, of Jarrettsville, MD. The wedding ceremony took place on October 23, 2004, at Friedens Lutheran Church. A reception followed at the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple resides in Frederick, MD.

Julie Carl and Thomas Brown were united in marriage on October 31, 2003 at Ascension Lutheran Church, Towson, MD. Julie is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Carl, Sr., of Towson, MD. She received her degree in Psychology from Towson University and is currently an Art Designer in Cockeysville, MD. Thomas is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Brown, of Canton, PA. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and he is the Quality Manager at ITW Signode, Baltimore,...

Clyde Henry "Pete" Graf, a teacher, travel agent and research biologist, died Tuesday of prostate cancer at his home in Abingdon, Harford County. He was 84. The Pittsburgh native was awarded a track scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, where he received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in education. He and three other members of the Pitt relay team ran a record 3:14.8 mile in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia in 1939. The tournament record stood until 1950. Mr. Graf entered the Army Air Corps in 1942.

Robert Bernat, 63, a university administrator and professor who founded the River City Brass Band in 1981, died Saturday of cancer in Pittsburgh. He taught, conducted and held administrative posts at Bethany College, Brandeis University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University and the University of Pittsburgh. His compositions include "In Memoriam: John F. Kennedy," commissioned for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the brass band fantasy, "Dunlap's Creek."Arthur Frank Shore, 70, part of an international team that rescued ancient Egyptian archaeological treasures threatenedby the rising waters of the Aswan dam in the 1960s, died Nov. 27 in London.

Eleonore Rosina Buehl, a retired librarian who worked at the old Baltimore City Hospital and earlier at the University of Pittsburgh, died Thursday of complications from a circulatory disorder at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. She was 96. Miss Buehl was born in Montague, Mich., the daughter of the Rev. Louis Frederick Christian Buehl, a German Methodist minister who later was professor of theology at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Miss Buehl earned her bachelor's degree from the college in 1929.

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Ware, of Friedens, PA, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Susan Lindsay Ware, to Mr. Robert Scott Gahs, son of Mrs. Marie Gahs and the late Mr. Kenneth Gahs, of Jarrettsville, MD. The wedding ceremony took place on October 23, 2004, at Friedens Lutheran Church. A reception followed at the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple resides in Frederick, MD.

David C. Cannon, a decorated World War II veteran who lived in Ruxton for 11 years, died Thursday in Pittsburgh of complications from lung disease. He was 81. Mr. Cannon was born in Pittsburgh. After graduating from high school and attending the University of Pittsburgh for two years, he enlisted in the Army. He spent nine months in combat in Europe in 1944 and 1945, and was awarded the Silver Star. He received a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant. After the war, he returned to Pittsburgh, graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 1947 with a degree in business administration.

Julie Carl and Thomas Brown were united in marriage on October 31, 2003 at Ascension Lutheran Church, Towson, MD. Julie is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Carl, Sr., of Towson, MD. She received her degree in Psychology from Towson University and is currently an Art Designer in Cockeysville, MD. Thomas is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Brown, of Canton, PA. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and he is the Quality Manager at ITW Signode, Baltimore,...

A top administrator at the University of Maryland, College Park has resigned but will continue to receive a vice president's salary for the next nine months as he moves into a faculty position, officials said this week. J. Dennis O'Connor drew a $225,000 salary as the university's vice president for research and dean of graduate studies. He will be paid at the same rate for nine months -- a total of $168,750 -- as a distinguished biology professor, officials said. That will make O'Connor the third-highest-paid faculty member in the life sciences college, behind the dean and a department chair.

Driven to raise rate Used to be you could pull up close to the Inner Harbor, plunk quarters in a meter and leave the car for a spell. No longer. City officials, bugged that the Light Street lot was hogged by meter-feeding workers from area shops and restaurants, raised prices and put it under private control. Just before Labor Day, as it happened, rates at that lot shot up from $1 an hour to $5 for the first hour and $16 all day. "We don't want employees parking all day long," said Jeff Sparrow, who leads the Baltimore City Parking Authority.

In a surprise move announced yesterday, the staff of the biodefense policy center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is leaving Hopkins to create a similar center for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. But the University of Pittsburgh's new Center for Biosecurity will have its headquarters in Baltimore, as well as offices in Washington and Pittsburgh, said Dr. Tara O'Toole, director of Hopkins' Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies. "We're taking everybody with us," O'Toole said of the 20- person staff.

David C. Cannon, a decorated World War II veteran who lived in Ruxton for 11 years, died Thursday in Pittsburgh of complications from lung disease. He was 81. Mr. Cannon was born in Pittsburgh. After graduating from high school and attending the University of Pittsburgh for two years, he enlisted in the Army. He spent nine months in combat in Europe in 1944 and 1945, and was awarded the Silver Star. He received a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant. After the war, he returned to Pittsburgh, graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 1947 with a degree in business administration.

A top administrator at the University of Maryland, College Park has resigned but will continue to receive a vice president's salary for the next nine months as he moves into a faculty position, officials said this week. J. Dennis O'Connor drew a $225,000 salary as the university's vice president for research and dean of graduate studies. He will be paid at the same rate for nine months -- a total of $168,750 -- as a distinguished biology professor, officials said. That will make O'Connor the third-highest-paid faculty member in the life sciences college, behind the dean and a department chair.

Dr. Peter Safar, 79, a pioneer in emergency medicine who was regarded as the father of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, died of cancer Sunday at his home in suburban Pittsburgh. Dr. Safar was credited with establishing the country's first physician-staffed, multidisciplinary intensive care unit. He also developed the "ABCs of CPR," a lifesaving technique taught to everyone from surgeons to Boy Scouts. He established the first modern intensive care unit in 1958 at the old Baltimore City Hospitals.

Eleonore Rosina Buehl, a retired librarian who worked at the old Baltimore City Hospital and earlier at the University of Pittsburgh, died Thursday of complications from a circulatory disorder at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville. She was 96. Miss Buehl was born in Montague, Mich., the daughter of the Rev. Louis Frederick Christian Buehl, a German Methodist minister who later was professor of theology at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Miss Buehl earned her bachelor's degree from the college in 1929.