A catalyst for DNA Alley turns 20
Presence of research university fueled growth of state's I-270 corridor

Ed Roulhac, founding director of the Montgomery County Campus, speaks at the anniversary event.

When the Montgomery County Campus opened in 1988, its lone building stood more or less solitarily, among rolling pastures and farm fields. The only major neighbor of the Rockville, Md., campus was the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, which had opened nine years earlier.
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Looking at the JHU of the future
Johns Hopkins finished its last strategic plan in 1994. It was the result of work done by the Committee for the 21st Century, or C21, chaired by President William R. Brody, then professor and chair of Radiology at the School of Medicine.
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Truman Foundation recognizes students, JHU
Kurt Herzer and Sonia Sarkar, both juniors on the Homewood campus, are among 65 students from 55 U.S. colleges and universities to be named 2008 Truman Scholars. The prestigious award is given each year by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation to extraordinary juniors committed to careers in public service.
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