University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Board of Trustees— Cont. FRANK JOHNSON GOODNOW Dr. Frank J. Goodnovv was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received liis A. B. degree from Amherst in 1879. and A. M.. 1887. and LL. B., Colum- bia, 1882. He studied at the Ecole Libre des Science Politiques. Paris and University of Berlin. He re- ceived his LL.D.. degree. Amherst, 1898; Columbia. 19G4; Harvard, 1908; Brown. 1914. In 1911-12 he was a member of President Taft ' s Commission on Economy and Efficiency. In 1913-14 he was Legal Adviser to the Government of the Republic of China. Since 1914 he has been President of Joiins Ho])kins University. He is the author of a number of books on Legal and Political Subjects. CARL RAYMOND GRAY Hon. Carl Gray was born in I ' rinceton, Ark., Sep- tember 28, 1867. He began his long railway service AJarch 20, 1883. Ever since that date he has been in the service of some railway company. He began his career as telegraph operator and station agent, and has been, in turn, general Western agent, dis- trict freight agent, commercial agent, general mana- ger and president of two railways before he was made president of the Western Maryland Railway in 1914. He was appointed a trustee of the Marvland State Ccillege in 1916. ALBERT W. SISK Ccl. Albert W . vSisk has been in-ominciit in vduca- ti ' inal and linancial circles in the stale for a num- ber of years. He has served in the State Legisla- ture, was appointed Colonel on the staff of former Governor John Walter Smith, was for a number of years Chairman of the Caroline County School Board, and was named by former Governor (iolds- borough as a member of the Educational Survey Boarrl which framed the new School Law of .Mary- land. In 1912 he was elected a trustee of the Maryland Agricultural College, and was appointed by Go - ernor Harrington as one of the Charier Trustees of the Marvland State College when it was reorganized in 1916. Colonel Sisk has large interests in the canning and orchard industries in both the Eastern and W estern Shores. He has been one of the prominent residents of Preston, Caroline County, for a number of years. 17

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Board of Trustees oYo SAMUEL MOOR SHOEMAKER Hon. Samuel M. Slioemaker was born in Baltimore, December 7. 1861. He received his early education at private schools in Baltimore and at the Military School in New Haven, Conn. He graduated from Princeton with the Class of 83. He has been fur- nishing milk for the Walker-Gordon Laboratories since 1896. He has been, at different times, a member of the AIar -land State Roads Commission, Secretary of Committee that drafted the State Aid to Roads Law, member Executive Committee American Guern- sey Cattle Club, member Maryland State Road Com- mission, and a member of the Executive Committee Certihed Milk Producers ' Association of America. For several years he has been President of the Mary- land Agricultural Society, and in 1916 he was made President of the Board of Education of Baltimore County. ROBERT GRAIN Hon. Robert Grain was born in Charles County, Maryland, November 12, 1865. Received his educa- tion from the local district school. Charlotte Hall Academy, St. John ' s College and studied law at the Iniversity of Maryland, graduating in 1886. Engaged in practice of law in Baltimore until October, 1916, when he moved his law office to Washington, D. C. Mr. Grain has been deeply interested in farming since his childhood, and around the home of his ancestors he has gathered together an estate of ten thousand acres, one of the largest farm properties in tiie East. He was appointed by Governor Harrington for the eight-year term as a member of the Board of Trus- tees of the State College of Agriculture. JOHN M. DENNIS Hon. John M. Dennis was born in Frederick City in the year 1866. He came to Baltimore in 1891 and entered the employ of Tate, Muller Co., of which company he was made President in 1910. He was made President of the Union Trust Co. in 1914. For years Air. Dennis has been known as one of the strong financial figures among the Baltimore finan- ciers. Besides being a banker, Mr. Dennis is a practical farmer. He is President of the Maryland State Dairymen ' s Association. In 1916 he was made a member of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland State College. 16

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Board of Trustees— Com . WILLIAM W. SKINNER Dr. William W. Skinner was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1874. He received his early education in the public schools of Dorchester County, and at Cambridge High School. He graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1895, and received the degree of Master of Science from George W ' ash- mgton University. He has been assistant chem- ist at AI. A. C. and at the University of Ari- zona and Experiment Station, Food Inspection Chemist, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Chief of Water Laboratory, Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, which position he holds at present. He is the author of many bulle- tins en chemical subjects. He is a past President of the Washington Chemical Society, and a m.ember of ashington Academv of Sciences. B. JOHN BLACK Mr. B. John Black was born and reared in Balti- more County, where he is now operating one of the largest farms in his district. He has always lived on the farm, and has taken an active interest in all movements for the uplift of agriculture in his county and state. He is now serving his second term as Master of the Maryland State Grange. In 1916 he was appointed by Governor Harrington, a trustee of the Marvland State College, and also a mem.ber of the Stale Board of Agriculture. HENRY HOLZAPFEL, JR. Hon. Henry Holzapfel, Jr., was born in Hagers- town, Md., in 1869. He was educated in private schools in Washington County. In 1889 he entered the Maryland Agriculture College, and received his de- gree in 1893. Since graduation he has been located at Hagerstovvn, Maryland, of which town he is Mayor. He is also President of the Hagerstown Railroad, and a most progressive farmer. He was appointed a Trustee of the Marvland State Callege in 1916. 18