Chesapeake Quarterly
December 2008, Vol. 7 No. 4

How Terrapins Came to Campus

The Diamondback terrapin has been linked with the University of Maryland for more than 80 years, due primarily to the power and personality of one man. Harry Clifton Byrd grew up Crisfield Maryland when this Eastern Shore fishing village, long famous for its oysters, became briefly famous for its terrapins. When Curley Byrd left home, he headed for the Maryland Agricultural College where he became famous, first as a star athlete, then as a successful football coach, and finally as the high-profile president of a new and fast-growing University of Maryland.



Featured Photographers

Maryland Sea Grant Writers and Editors

Jeff Brainard, writer and communications director, brainard@mdsg.umd.edu

Michael W. Fincham, writer and film producer, fincham@mdsg.umd.edu

Sandy Rodgers, art director and editor, rodgers@mdsg.umd.edu

Other Photographers

Chesapeake Quarterly also features the photography of others, including professional photographer Skip Brown. Brown began shooting for Maryland Sea Grant right out of college in the early 1980s and over the years has produced many classic Bay photographs.

Rights to the photographs in this gallery are owned by the photographer or by Maryland Sea Grant. Contact Skip Brown (skipbrownphoto@gmail.com) to inquire about the purchase of his photographs. For use of other photographs, contact Sandy Rodgers (rodgers@mdsg.umd.edu).

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