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R. Lee Hornbake Library

— Hornbake Plaza —

 
 
R. Lee Hornbake Library Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 6, 2012
1. R. Lee Hornbake Library Marker
Inscription.
Panel 1:
R. Lee Hornbake Library
Professor of Industrial Education 1947-1979
Dean of the Faculty 1957-1960
Vice President for Academic Affairs 1960–1979

Our American tradition of freedom and justice, of respect for learning
and each individual, and of rule by law and reason demands that each
generation learn these values anew. The bastions of these values are our
great universities, and the most precious part of the universities is their
libraries, where the knowledge and wisdom of all mankind is available.

- R. Lee Hornbake


Panel 2:
Hornbake Plaza Renovation
Completed November, 1990
Office of Grounds Development
Dept. of Physical Plant

Frank Brewer, Director

Dennis R. Nola, Supervising Landscape Architect * John Hilley, Landscape Architect * Eric Mayer, Architect * William Olen, Landscape Architect * Richard White, Construction Manager * Tom Dwyer, Construction Inspector * Linda Kretschmer, Business Manager

Constructed by Glen Construction
Steve Atanasov, Project Superintendent

William D. Schaeffer, Governor
Dr. William E. Kirwan, President

 
Erected 1980 by The State of Maryland
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationIndustry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1979.
 
Location. 38° 59.277′ N, 76° 56.511′ W. Marker is in College Park, Maryland, in Prince George's County. Marker is on Hornbake Plaza north of Campus Drive, on the right when traveling north. Marker is on the west face of the library, south of the main entrance at the east end of Hornbake Plaza - just north of Campus Drive and two blocks west of Baltimore Avenue [U.S. Hwy. 1]. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: College Park MD 20742, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Frederick Douglass (within shouting distance of this marker); Clarence Mitchell, Jr. (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chemistry Courtyard (approx. 0.2 miles away); "May Peace Prevail on Earth" (approx. 0.2 miles away); Omicron Delta Kappa (approx. 0.2 miles away); Juan Ramón Jiménez (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rosemary (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sage (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in College Park.
 
R. Lee Hornbake Library - main entrance off the plaza image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 6, 2012
2. R. Lee Hornbake Library - main entrance off the plaza
Marker Panel 1 is visible on the wall - in the shadow to the right of the white columns.
R. Lee Hornbake image. Click for more information.
Photographed By Barbara Hornbake Angier, circa 2010
3. R. Lee Hornbake
Happy Birthday, Dr. Hornbake!
Terrapin Tales from the University Archives, Dec 18, 2012
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Marker Panel 2: "Hornbake Plaza Renovation 1990" image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 6, 2012
4. Marker Panel 2: "Hornbake Plaza Renovation 1990"
Hornbake Library - viewed from near the Microbiology Bldg. on the opposite (west) side of the plaza image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 6, 2012
5. Hornbake Library - viewed from near the Microbiology Bldg. on the opposite (west) side of the plaza
Plaque on the Library image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 16, 2018
6. Plaque on the Library
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2014, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 656 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 1, 2014, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.   6. submitted on March 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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