The long-time faculty member’s most interesting assignment in the early ’70s was teaching aboard the nuclear submarine supply ship that was moored off the west coast of Scotland.
With barely a week’s notice, seven educators packed their bags and flew on Oct. 2, 1949, to Heidelberg, Germany, to launch an overseas education program.
Because of Alexander Abel’s three-pronged “Sprouting Sustainabilityâ€� project, he has become the first Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student named a Langenberg Legacy Fellow by the University System of Maryland.