University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Samuel yU, SljocmaKer United States Senator once said that a man ' s real worth to his state usually can be gauged by noting the number of people who call him by his first name. That probably is why Sam Shoemaker is so well known to Maryland people generally and to those interested in Agriculture in par- ?9 g ticular. And certainly, under the premise set forth by the honored Sena- l ' V tor Mr. Shoemaker should be known as Sam to every alumnus, student, and member of the faculty of the University of Maryland ; surely, the University has not had a greater influence in its development. Born in Baltimore December 7th, 1861, Samuel M. Shoemaker obtained his early education in the private schools of Baltimore and New Haven, Conn., and graduated from Princeton with the class of ' 83. Mr. Shoemaker came back to Maryland and since has been a great constructive force in the affairs of the State. He has a big dairy farm in Baltimore County and as a farmer has been actively interested in the develop- ment of all things agricultural. He has been a member of the Maryland State Roads Commission and was secretary of the Committee which drafted the State Aid Roads Law. Mr. Shoemaker is President of the Board of Education of Baltimore County and an officer in several National and State Agricultural Organizations. He is Chair- man of the Board of Regents of the State University, very fittingly, because it was he who took the reins in 1916 and directed the reorganization of the old Maryland Agri- cultural College into the Maryland State College and in 1920 was a leader in effecting the amalgamation which turned over the property of the old University of Maryland to the Maryland State College and gave to Maryland a State University. The Board of Regents also functions as the State Board of Agriculture. But it is useless to try to tell in this small space all the fine things that he has done ; suffice to say here that while we cannot in words give Mr. Shoemaker full credit for all his accomplishments for the public good, we hope to show by dedicating to him this book just a little of our appreciation of what he has done for the University of Maryland. Nine