Decker Quadrangle

Historical marker location:

Johns Hopkins Homewood, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Bowman Drive just north of Wyman Park Drive, on the right when traveling north.)

Al Decker 1908 - 2002; Virginia G. Decker 1916 -.

The University of Maryland was founded in 1856: The University of Maryland, College Park, was founded in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College. Today, it is the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland and is one of the largest universities in the state.