Before they were icons
In early 1989, Anne Garside took what would be a fateful trip to New York City. Her destination was the Greenwich Village apartment of Max G. Lowenherz, the then 80-year-old founder of the Three Lions Picture Agency. Lowenherz had made it known that he wished to make a gift to the institute in memory of Irving Lowens, a friend who had been dean of the Peabody Conservatory.
   Garside, director of Peabody's Public Information Office, accompanied Valerie Wilson, the institute's director of development, on a visit to the potential donor. What the two had come to see was a scrapbook of original photographs, most of which had never been seen before. Full story...

A&S starts Sept. 11 scholarships
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks turned life's most routine activities upside down, and Richard McCarty's weekly staff meeting was no exception.
   As the dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences met with his colleagues days after the attack, no one's mind was on business-as-usual. While coping with their own fears, McCarty says, the group members were feeling frustrated, wondering how to honor the thousands who died, including five Arts and Sciences alumni. Full story...

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