--- title: Ask Anne - Fall 2015 date: 2015-09-14T14:55:00-04:00 author: University of Maryland canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/ask-anne-2-1f7ec78c-fe1a-43c4-9919-167cf849bfb8" section: Articles --- # Ask Anne - Fall 2015 *September 14, 2015* — by [Terp Staff](/author/terp-staff) > Questions for Anne Turkos, the university archivist *Ask Anne tn 230x200 — St. Elmo's Fire* Q: Who was the first president of the University of Maryland?—ALLIE BRADFORD ’13 A: Benjamin Hallowell was the president of Maryland Agricultural College, as it was known at the time, for just one month in 1859. A Quaker schoolmaster, scientist and farmer, he served on the conditions that the college farm wouldn’t use slave labor and that he wouldn’t receive a salary. He helped develop the curriculum of ancient and modern languages, natural sciences, English and mathematics. He soon resigned, however, because of his poor health. I read for the first time last year an 1877 obituary that said, “Some twenty years ago a druggist in Alexandria made a mistake in compounding a physician’s prescription and Prof. Hallowell swallowed a poisonous mixture that came near terminating his life. He never fully recovered from the effects of the poison.” Q: In its 70-year publishing history, how many times has Sports Illustrated magazine featured University of Maryland athletes on its cover?—FRANK ANGIER ’67 A: We found 14 instances when Terps made the cover, both as student and professional athletes. Most were football or basketball players, with the exception of one golfer, Deane Beman, who went on to win four PGA tournaments and serve as its second commissioner, from 1974 to 1994. Click on the slideshow to see the covers. Q: Is it true that portions of “St. Elmo’s Fire” were filmed at UMD?—BRET MCGOWEN A: One of our grad students found a 1984 “Entertainment Tonight” clip on YouTube with unedited interviews of the movie’s cast, including Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, hanging out on Fraternity Row. Plenty of students are milling around in the background, though we don’t know if they were extras or UMD students. The filming appears to have taken place in the fall (scenes were filmed in D.C. in October, according to The Washington Post) but we didn’t find any mention of the movie in fall 1984 issues of The Diamondback. Questions may be emailed to Terp magazine or tweeted to @UMDarchives University of Maryland University Archives: ONLINE | BLOG | FACEBOOK - Bob Pellegrini / Football (Nov. 7, 1955). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *11071955 large pellegrini fixed* - Deane Beman ’60 / Golf (Sept. 11, 1961). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *09111961 large Beman fixed* - Tom McMillen ’74 / Basketball (Feb. 16, 1970). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *02161974 large Tom Mc Millen fixed* - Len Elmore ’78 / Basketball (Dec. 10, 1973). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated. *12101973 large Len Elmore fixed* - Men’s basketball team / (Dec. 2, 1974) *120274 large Maryland Bball fixed* - Mark Manges / Football (Oct. 4, 1976) *10041976 large Mark Manges fixed* - Albert King / Basketball (Dec. 1, 1980). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *12011980 large Albert King fixed* - Albert King / Basketball (March 17, 1980). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *03171980 large Albert King fixed* - Renaldo Nehemiah ’81 / Football (April 26, 1982). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *04261982 large nehemiah fixed* - Len Bias / Basketball (June 30, 1986). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *06301986 large len Bias fixed* - Boomer Esiason ’84 / Football (Aug. 7, 1989). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *08071989 large Boomer fixed* - Boomer Esiason ’84 / Football (Oct. 4, 1993). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *10041993 large Boomer fixed* - Lonny Baxter / Basketball (April 2, 2001). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *04022001 large Lonny Baxter Fixed* - Juan Dixon ’13 / Basketball (April 8, 2002). Courtesy of Sports Illustrated *04082002 large Juan Dixon fixed*