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Article: Donald Giffin
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 16, 2009
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Donald Giffin, 82, former admissions director at the University
of Maryland, died Sept. 3 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
and diabetes at his home in College Park.
Mr. Giffin was U-Md.'s admissions director from 1969 to 1980. In
those days, before computer systems were used for registration,
students had to wait in line. "In those dark ages before computers
and air conditioning softened up life, the challenge was getting
28,000 students enrolled in their classes in 3 days that typically
occurred during a Maryland heat wave," said his son, Bruce Giffin.
"Dad always took a professional interest in how Disneyland
orchestrated people moving through lines."
Donald Giffin spent the next ...