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Upcoming Events

Dec. 1: Pre-Concert Reception
6:30 p.m., Chaney Library, Riggs Alumni Center
Invited guests will hear a presentation from Susie Farr, executive director of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in advance of the annual holiday concert. For more information call 301.405.1416.

Dec. 1: Holiday Concert
8 p.m., Delkelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Repeat performance Dec. 2, 3 p.m.
The Maryland Chorus, William Culverhouse, music director, celebrates the 40th anniversary of this annual holiday tradition with seasonal favorites and celebrated choruses from Handel's oratorios. The program will feature a tribute to Dr. Paul Traver, founder of the University of Maryland Chorus.

Dec. 19: Winter Commencement
7 p.m., Comcast Center


Major Gifts, Major Impact
Admiral Stansfield and Marion Turner Fund Assures a Living Legacy

Marion and Stansfield Turner
hope to be remembered for my integrity while working in an organization that is often perceived as operating outside of integrity,” says Admiral Stansfield Turner, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency under the Carter Administration and a professor of public policy at Maryland since 1991.

Turner, one of the nation's most distinguished figures in national security policymaking, has established the Admiral Stansfield and Marion Turner Visiting Professorship at the Maryland School of Public Policy, by naming the school as beneficiary of a $1,000,000 insurance policy. This gift will be used to support a visiting professorship for a retired or active duty military officer to promote better understanding between military and academic communities. “My experiences at the school have been extremely rewarding and I want to give back to the institution,” Turner says.

He recalls that his fond association with academe started with encouragement from University of Iowa Professor David Schoenbaum. “David pointed out to me that a military officer spends 90 percent of his time teaching sailors how to do their jobs,” says Turner. So teaching at the school was a logical step. Turner began his tenure at Maryland as the Olin Professor of Strategic Studies in 1991.

“I was part of the school's national security studies team teaching courses on the foreign policy-making process, intelligence and national security, military policy and responses to international terrorism.” Turner has also taught at Yale University and at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

“We have been honored to have an individual of Stan Turner's stature and accomplishments as part of the school,” said Dean Steve Fetter. “We are extraordinarily appreciative of his efforts.”

Although no longer teaching, Turner will continue to meet with students through a program titled, “Conversations with Stansfield Turner.” He encourages others to also give their time and resources. “Anything people can do to improve the quality of education,” he says, “they should do it.”


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