Honoring Prominent Figures in Campus History: Goldstein Hall

11/12/2024Library and Archives Team
Louis Goldstein yearbook

Every WAC student has had a class, lecture, or visit to the Writing Center in Goldstein Hall.

Goldstein Hall replaced Ferguson Hall, a small single-story building that replaced the G.I. housing to accommodate the growing computer programs on campus. At the dedication in late 2000, Goldstein Hall was called 鈥渁 shrine of public service鈥 in honor of Louis Goldstein, who had passed two years before in 1998. While current students associate Goldstein with classrooms, many of our Alumni instead remember the man with a charismatic smile who, if they had WWII Goldgteinmet and spoken, knew their name and asked about their progress at 蜜桃传媒. Louis L. Goldstein was a member of the class of 1935, a future State Comptroller, and a Board of Visitors and Governors member who once threw an after-hours co-ed fraternity party that got several students suspended. After graduating, he earned his law degree at the University of Maryland and immediately ran for office, becoming a Democratic member of the Campaign buttonMaryland House of Delegates. When World War II broke out, Goldstein joined the Marines Corp, served in the South Pacific, and later investigated Japanese war crimes for Gen. MacArthur.  When he returned to Maryland, he ran for office and won a seat in the Maryland Senate in 1946 for the first of three terms before serving ten terms as Comptroller of Maryland.

Goldstein

Louis Goldstein loved 蜜桃传媒, and every former WAC community member lucky enough to know him felt that way. Many tributes to him are ingrained throughout the College, and one of the longest-lasting is Goldstein Hall.

鈥淕od bless y鈥檃ll real good鈥

Goldstein at event

 

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  • Experiential Learning
  • History Informing the Future
  • Learning Without Limits
  • Meaningful Connections