MONDAY, AUGUST 19 , 2019. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ SU B5
BY TALIA RICHMANbaltimore — Morgan State
University’s Board of Regents
approved a plan last week for the
Baltimore-based school to build
more campus housing to accom-
modate its growing student
body.
Hundreds more students are
flocking to the state’s largest
historically black university. Be-
tween 2013 and this fall, Morgan
State’s incoming freshman class
grew by 63 percent to roughly
1,450 new students — mirroring
a trend at HBCUs across the
nation.
“Because more students are
choosing Morgan as their first
choice of colleges, and because
Morgan is experiencing historic
retention rates never witnessed
in the history of the university,
additional on-campus housing is
essential,” university President
David Wilson wrote in a letter to
the campus community.
The regents approved a plan
for the university to work with
the Maryland Economic Devel-
opment Corporation for more
student residential facilities.
They plan to add up to 900 beds
in an apartment-style building
on Morgan’s South Campus, near
the Thurgood Marshall Apart-
ment Complex.
Officials hope to finish con-
struction on the new building by
fall 2022. After it’s done, the
university plans to demolish the
aging Marshall complex and turn
the lot into green space.
“The addition of a new apart-
ment-type housing facility at
Morgan is long overdue,” Vice
President for Student Affairs
Kevin Banks said in a statement.
The need for more on-campus
housing reflects not just the
swelling student body, but also
safety concerns.
Wilson put renewed emphasis
on fast-tracking the new build-
ing’s construction after a spate of
violence near campus in recent
months shook the Morgan com-munity.
The school is also seeking to
expand its police force, as well as
add a security booth outside the
Morgan View apartment build-
ing, a housing option for stu-
dents that isn’t managed by the
university.
Manuel “Manny” Luis Jr., a
19-year-old Morgan student who
was shot and killed last month,
was found just outside the build-
ing.
“I ask all students to have
patience with us as we move as
rapidly as we can to construct
and open these facilities,” Wilson
wrote. “I know we will ex-
perience ‘growing pains’ along
the way and the administration
will be working quite assiduous-
ly to accommodate all of our
student demands for housing
until the new spaces open on
campus.”
He plans to address interim
and long-term housing plans at a
Sept. 9 town hall meeting.
— Baltimore SunMARYLAND
Morgan State to add housing, security
BY JOHN WOODROW COXIn May, Damion Callery Jr.
changed his Facebook profile pic-
ture to one of himself at his high
school graduation. The 18-year-
old wore a maroon gown and
matching cap, a yellow sash
draped over his shoulders. He
smiled wide behind dark sun-
glasses. He was so excited to go to
college that weeks before start-
ing, he updated his status to say,
“Studies at Bowie State Univer-
sity.”
He planned to major in busi-
ness or marketing, and was pre-
paring to leave for school at the
end of this week. Now, instead of
sending him off to college, his
family has begun to plan the
teen’s funeral. Callery was shot to
death early Saturday outside his
Montgomery County home.
A suspect and motive re-
mained unknown Sunday, as
Montgomery County police had
provided no new details in the
case. Callery, they had previously
said, was shot around 3:45 a.m.
Saturday in the backyard of his
family’s Burtonsville rowhouse.
He then ran inside, where he
died.
On Sunday, family and friends
gathered in the front yard to
share stories and photos of a
young man they described as
kind, studious and deeply devot-
ed to his parents and three young-
er brothers.
“A shining light,” said Damion
Callery Sr., his eyes vacant, his
voice weary.
Callery Sr. and his wife, Cher-
rell, were immensely proud of
their son, whom they often ex-
tolled on Facebook. In 2017, when
she announced that her son had
been accepted into a college prep
program, Cherrell wrote that
“words can’t express how we feel.”
In June, on the third anniversa-
ry of the father and son’s friend-
ship on the social networking
site, Callery Sr. posted a photo of
his son. “I love you,” he wrote. For
his son’s 18th birthday a few days
later, he shared an old photo of
the young man in his Paint
Branch High School football uni-
form.
“His future is Super Lit,” his
dad wrote.
A month later, when he
dropped his son off at school for
orientation, Callery Sr. wrote that
he was “Super Proud,” and when
someone asked if the moment
had made him cry, he replied:
“Did that already.”
Mostly a homebody, the young-
er Callery often played basketball
at a nearby park with his brothers
and enjoyed sports and funny
movies, especially with Will Fer-
rell and Ice Cube, his family said.
He also adored music, and he had
begun to write and record his
own rap songs.
And who was his favorite rap-per?
“Himself,” one of his younger
brothers answered, laughing.
Callery made good grades and
had never gotten into trouble,
said his family, who didn’t under-
stand why someone would want
to hurt him. Their neighborhood,
his dad said, was typically quiet,
but drugs and violence had begun
to spread from another street a
few blocks away.
As his family members lin-
gered on Sunday outside the
home where he’d been killed, they
swore that his death would not be
for nothing. They wanted to talk
about what a fine young man he
was, but more than that, they
insisted that his killing — “for no
reason whatsoever,” one of them
said — bring attention to gun
violence, something that his
grandmother called “a plague in
our community.”
“This,” his aunt Sheila Carter
said, “was a martyr’s death.”
[email protected]MARYLAND
Teen remembered as ‘a shining light’
plex problems of our world, we
need to provide them with an
environment where they can fo-
cus on the task at hand, rather
than the sweat beading on their
foreheads,” the Bjaltimore union
said in appealing for donations
on its website. It noted that
schools’ internal temperatures
have been measured at more
than 100 degrees.
In Memphis, schools opened
Aug. 12 amid an excessive heat
warning issued by the National
Weather Service as the heat index
— what it feels like when humidi-
ty is factored in — rose above
110 degrees, hitting 115j, and at
least one campus closed. Athletic
teams could not practice out-
doors because the Tennessee Sec-
ondary School Athletic Associa-
tion says no outdoor practice
should be held if the heat index is
above 104 degrees.
In Georgia, a 16-year-old fe-
male basketball player died fol-
lowing a conditioning drill at a
Clayton County school during
extreme heat. The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution said the
temperature reached 100 degrees
that day. It also said the Georgia
High School Association, the gov-
erning body for sports, prohibits
outdoor workouts at 92 degrees.
The cause of the student-athlete’s
death is unknown.
School districts maintain their
own weather guidelines, and offi-
cials — and sometimes principals
— can make decisions on a case-
by-case basis.
HEAT FROM B1 In the Montgomery County
Public Schools in Maryland,
there can be no activities outside
or in facilities without air condi-
tioning when the heat index hits
105 degrees. The same is true for
the Loudoun County Public
Schools in Virginia. But in the
Sherman Independent School
District in Texas, conditioning
exercises are not moved indoors
until the heat index reaches 110
to 115 degrees, according to its
policy.
While many districts — includ-
ing D.C., Fairfax County and Lou-
doun County public schools —
have air conditioning in all of
their schools, many systems
don’t.
In Baltimore County’s school
system, only six campuses lack
air conditioning: two high
schools, three elementary
schools and a charter school, a
spokesman said. Fans are used
when necessary, students are al-
lowed to carry water bottles, and
schools are closed if it gets too
hot. That happened in Septem-
ber, when schools without air
conditioning were closed for the
first three days of the 2018-2019
school year.
Researchers say student learn-
ing can be affected when it gets
too hot. In 2012, striking Chicago
teachers made classroom air con-
ditioning one of their demands,
saying students and teachers
can’t do superior work when the
temperature is nearing triple dig-
its.
Numerous studies link the
quality of school facilities to stu-
dent achievement, and some re-
searchers say maintaining a com-
fortable classroom temperature
is crucial.
R. Jisung Park, assistant pro-
fessor of public policy at the
University of California at Los
Angeles and associate director of
economic research at UCLA’s
Luskin Center for Innovation,
co-wrote a soon-to-be-published
paper titled “Heat and Learning”
that argues heat is such an im-
portant factor that it could con-
tribute to the achievement gap.
The Baltimore Teachers Union
said as much in its appeal for
fans: “It’s no secret that Balti-
more’s students have had to
weather the spectrum of extreme
temperatures in their class-
rooms. We’ve all seen the photos
of kindergartners sitting in their
coats and mittens at their morn-
ing circle. The reverse is true
when school is back in session at
the end of summer, when schools’
internal temperatures have been
measured at over 100 degrees.
The Baltimore Teachers knows
that educators’ working condi-
tions are students’ learning con-
ditions.”
The Pulaski County public
schools district in Virginia post-
ed Friday on its Facebook page, as
temperatures came close to
90 degrees: “Pulaski Middle
School and Dublin Middle School
will dismiss 2 hours early today
due to extreme heat in the class-
rooms. All other schools will
remain on their regular sched-
ules.”
[email protected]Schools face closure in excessive heat
FAMILY PHOTO
Damion Callery Jr., right, was shot to death Saturday outside his
Burtonsville home, a few months after his high school graduation.IN MEMORIAM
JAMES H. GRIGSBY, JR.
In memory of a devoted father, grandfather,
neighbor, relative and friend, who died
August 19, 1970.
When he spoke, everyone listened.
Loving FamilyGRIGSBY
DEATH NOTICE
KEVIN ALLEN
On Sunday, August 11, 2019. He is survived
by son Kevin Pheiffer; daughter Dannielle
Allen, mother Julia K. Allen; sister Deborah
Allen; brother Kevin Allen; dear cousin Mary
Bennett; a host of nieces; nephews; other
relatives and friends. Visitation 10 a.m.
until time of Service 11 a.m. on Tuesday,
August 20, at New Solid Rock Ministry Inc.,
6737 Annapolis Rd., Landover Hills, MD.
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Services
by Pope Funeral Home.ALLEN
JOHN MILTON BEST
Peacefully on Wednesday,
August14,2019,JohnBest
entered into eternal rest. He
is survived by his loving wife,
Claudette I. Best; children,
Eleanor Corrine Best and John-
joseph Best; siblings, Gary Mar-
shall Best, Brenda Gail Best,
Annie Lee “Tootsie” Best; grandson, Lennon
Hazel, 3rd, and a host of relatives and friends.
Visitation on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 11
a.m. until the time of service 12 noon at
Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 2294 Old Wash-
ington Rd.,Waldorf, MD. Interment Cheltenham
Veterans Cemetery.
http://www.briscoe-tonicfuneralhome.comBEST
JOHN WINSTON BROWN (Age 93)
On Friday, August 16, 2019, of Rockville, MD.
Husband of the late Florence DeSando Brown;
beloved father of Richard Brown, Lawrence
Brown, Gerald Brown (deceased) and John
Kevin Brown; grandfather of eight and great-
grandfather of four, forever remembered by his
loving family. John was a professional drummer
for over 70 years and one of the top realtors
in the Washington, DC region. Relatives and
friends may call at Collins Funeral Home 500
University BLVD West Silver Spring MD, 20901
(Valet Parking) Tuesday August 20, 2019 from 7
to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at
St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 70 University
Blvd. E., Silver Spring, MD 20901, Wednesday,
August 21, 2019, at 10 a.m.. Interment Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring, MD 20906 following Mass.
http://www.collinsfuneralhome.comBROWN
THELMA CLARKE
100 years old,Washington DC resident for most
of her life died July 23 in Florida. Services will
be at Transfiguration Episcopal Church August
23 at 11 a.m. and internment at Gate of Heaven
Cemetery both in SS, MD.CLARKE
JUDITH SHAPIRO GREENLEIGH
Judith Shapiro Greenleigh passed
away on August 18, 2019 after
a heroic battle with cancer. Judy
leaves behind her beloved hus-
band of 57 years, Stephen H.
Greenleigh; her loving children,
Andrea Jill Greenleigh and David
Greenleigh and his wife, Suzanne Greenleigh;
two grandchildren, Lily Greenleigh and Evan
Greenleigh and her sister, Lynn Shapiro. She
leaves behind a host of family and friends
who she loved spending time with. Judy was
preceded in death by her parents, Julius and
Bernice Shapiro.
Judy grew up in Roanoke, Virginia and grad-
uated from Jefferson High School. She was
very popular and loved her high school days
enjoying her time in the L.G. sorority. In later
years, she loved seeing her former classmates
at the class reunions. She briefly attended the
University of Alabama where she appeared in
the University of Alabama calendar. Judy lived
and worked in New York for a short time, which
is where she met her husband. She spent
the past 57 years living in the Washington,
DC area where she worked at a credit union,
volunteered for the Jewish Council on Aging’s
Family Thrift Shop and was a devoted mother.
She was excited to be a grandmother and
looked forward to any time that she was able
to spend with her grandchildren, who she
loved dearly.
Judy was an avid reader, an accomplished
knitter and enjoyed needlepoint,spending time
at the Delaware Beaches with family and
friends, traveling with her sister, taking cruises
and dining out with her friends even though
she was a wonderful cook. She maintained her
quirky sense of humor and quick wit. She will
be missed tremendously by all who knew her.Funeral services will be held on Wednesday,
August 21 at 12:30 p.m. at Washington Hebrew
Congregation at 3935 Macomb Street, NW,
Washington, DC. Burial to follow at King David
Memorial Gardens at 7482 Lee Highway, Falls
Church, VA 22042. Family will be receiving
immediately after the cemetery at the home of
David and Suzanne Greenleigh. Services will be
at 7 p.m. that evening.
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DEATH NOTICE
PAUL LEROY HIRT
August 16, 1921 - August 10, 2019
Lt. Col Paul LeRoy Hirt, USMC (Ret). A veteran
of Guadalcanal and the Chosin Reservoir, he
received a battlefield commission in 1943 and
retired in 1965. He is survived by his friend,
Ruth Wheeler, five children, nine grandchildren,
and five great-grandchildren. He was a lover
of dancing, bridge, and all things sweet. A
Celebration of Life will be held at Pender
United Methodist Church at 11 AM on August
24, 2019 with inurnment to be held at a later
date. Semper Fi.
http://www.everlycommunity.comHIRT
NICHOLAS CONSTANTINOS MATALAS
Nicholas Constantinos Matalas, 88, of Vienna,
VA passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019.
He was the beloved husband of Stella Matalas,
loving father of Mary Matalas and Denise
Matalas, and devoted brother of Penny Manual
and Elaine Michaels. His family will receive
friends on Wednesday, August 21 from 2 to
4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Money & King
Funeral Home, 171 Maple Ave. W., Vienna, VA- A Celebration of Life will be held in the
coming weeks. In lieu of flowers, the family
suggests that Tribute Donations be made to
the Parkinson’s Foundation (parkinsonfounda-
tion.org). Friends are invited to view and sign
the family guestbook at
http://www.moneyandking.com
MATALAS
PATRICIA G. RENNERT (Age 89)
Of Washington, DC, died Thurs-
day, August 15, 2019. She was
preceded in death by her beloved
husband of 62 years, Leo; and her
son, Paul. She is survived by her
daughter, Sharon. She was laid to
rest on Sunday, August 18, 2019.
Donations may be made to the American
Diabetes Association. Arrangements by Hines-
Rinaldi Funeral Home, LLC, under the Jewish
Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Wash-
ington Contract.RENNERT
VERA KASSMAN TILSON (Age 94)
Died July 24, 2019 in Falls Church,VA. A memo-
rial service will be held on August 24, 2019 at
2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of
Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd, Arlington, VA
22204.TILSON
GREGORY WILLIAMS " Rollo"
Entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August
15, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Betty
Williams; one daughter, Kamisha Spriggs (Gre-
gory); one son, William Napper; nine grandchil-
dren; nine great grandchildren; two sisters,
Brenda and Sylvia; a host of other relatives and
friends. Mr. Williams will lie in state at Trinidad
Baptist Church, 6611 Walker Mill Rd., Capitol
Heights, MD on Wednesday, August 21 from 10
a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Interment at Ft.
Lincoln Cemetery.
http://www.stewartfuneralhome.comWILLIAMS
IN MEMORIAM
SEAN NICHOLAS GREEN
August 19, 1977 ~ November 13, 2008
Remembering you today, Sean,
as we celebrate your 42nd Birthday.
Know that you are forever loved and missed!
Love Mommy, Steve, Staci and FamilyGREEN
DEATH NOTICE
MAURICE C. CÔTÉ "Moe"
Maurice "Moe" C. Côté passed away
August 12, 2019 in Washington, DC with
family by his side. Moe was born in Provi-
dence, RI. the son of the late Conrad and
Marguerite (St. George) Côté. He was on
active duty four years in the U.S. Air Force
before attending Northeastern University.
He had a long rewarding career with
Hewlett Packard eventually retiring from
HP's spin-off Agilent Technologies in 2000.
His lifelong passion was music. He sang in
and directed choir from his teen years. He
served for many years in the music ministry
of St. Paul Catholic Church, Damascus, Md.
In retirement, he was a member of the
Frederick Catactones Barbershop chorus
and lead singer for the Friends R Four
quartet.
Throughout their marriage, Moe and Bonnie
enjoyed traveling throughout Canada,
Europe and Caribbean islands where they
would sail and snorkel.
After moving to the Delaware shore area,
Moe became an Extraordinary Minister of
Communion for St. Jude Catholic Church,
Lewes and Volunteer Chaplain for Tunnell
Cancer Center, Rehoboth Beach. Without a
doubt, Moe's generous and loving spirit will
be dearly missed by all who knew and loved
him.
Moe was devoted to his wife Bonnie Boyle
Côté. He was a loving father to David
(Kristin) Côté, Karen (Rev. Peter) Balkas,
Peter (Heather) Côté, Brian (Kim O.) Bar-
bour, Patrick (Kim R.) Barbour and adoring
grandfather of nine. He is survived by
his brother, Richard Côté (Sandra) of Prov-
idence, RI. and sister, Paulette Dugas (Ger-
ald) of Falmouth, Me. His youngest sister,
Louise Flynn, passed away January of this
year.
Visitation will be Monday, August 19, at
9:30 a.m. prior to 10 a.m. Mass of Christian
burial, St. Matthew's Cathedral, 1725
Rhode Island Avenue, NW,Washington, DC.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory
may be made to Dematha Catholic High
Scholarship Fund for Immigrants, 4313
Madison St. Hyattsville, MD. 20781.CÔTÉ
DEATH NOTICE
ROBERT MICHAEL LEWIS “MIKE”
Robert Michael (Mike) Lewis, 67, of Wood-
bridge, Virginia, died August 14, 2019, in the
care of Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center
in Arlington, Virginia after a long battle with
metastatic melanoma. He was born March 23,
1952 in Auburn, New York, to the late Robert
Post Lewis and late Margaret Mary Graney
Lewis.
Mike attended ROTC at the University of
Delaware, Newark, Delaware, after which he
was commissioned in the US Army and served
as Military Intelligence officer until he entered
Syracuse University School of Law, Syracuse,
New York. After achieving his law degree,
MikewasadmittedtotheJudgeAdvocate
General (JAG) Corps. During his time in the JAG
Corps, Mike had various legal assignments at
locations throughout the Department of the
Army. He was chosen to attend the Environ-
mental Law program at George Washington
University, Washington, DC and ultimately spe-
cialized in that field. As a senior officer Mike
received recognition as a consummate litiga-
tion attorney and often served as a mentor to
attorneys entering the JAG Corps. He retired
from military service as a Lieutenant Colonel
in 1998 but continued his commitment to
environmental law as a civilian Department
of the Army Senior Litigation Attorney until- Mike retired after 40 years of dedicated
government service in order to enjoy civilian
life full time.
Mike was an adventurous traveler who took
surfing and mountain biking trips to places
like Ecuador, Morocco, and Mexico. He enjoyed
fly fishing, mount bike riding, camping, and
lounging on his back deck watching crew
races on the Occoquan River. He was a loving
husband, son, brother, uncle and loyal friend.
His fellow officers and co-workers knew him to
have an incredible legal mind and the utmost
personal integrity. His passing will be felt by all
that knew him. He is survived by his wife of
43 years, Rosemary Slebodnik Lewis; brothers,
Charles Lewis of Skaneateles, New York, David
Lewis of Homer, Alaska, Thomas Lewis of
Auburn, New York; and sister, Ann Lewis Shaw
of Auburn New York.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday,
September 5, 2019 at 11 a.m., at Saint Eliz-
abeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 12807 Val-
leywood Dr., Lake Ridge, Virginia, followed by
a reception in the church social hall. He will
be inurned at Arlington National Cemetery
at a future date. Mountcastle-Turch Funeral
Home in Woodbridge, Virginia is overseeing
funeral arrangements. Memorial donations can
be made to ACTS (Action in Community
Through Service) P.O. Box 74, Dumfries, VA
LEWIS
YETTA NATHAN
"Ms. Nathan"
Peacefully entered into eternal rest on August
10, 2019. Resident of Capitol Heights, MD.
Beloved daughter of the late Doc and Solimo
Livingston. Devoted mother of James Nathan,
Antionette Wallace, Reginald, Denise, Patri-
cia, Robert and Dale Nathan. Also survived
by one sister, Lillian Clark; 15 grandchildren;
18 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased
by two sisters, Annabell Nelson and Flossie
Timberlake; two daughters, Gail and Diane
Nathan. Services will be held on Tuesday,
August 20, 10 a.m. Visitation, 11 a.m. Service
at First Baptist Church of Highland Park, 6801
Sheriff Rd., Landover, MD. Interment Lincoln
Cemetery, Suitland, MD.
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