When I arrived at the University of Maryland as an Assistant Professor of American Studies, my first office was housed in Holzapfel Hall. Today, as I place this cache, I'm packing the last of my books to move to our new location on the other side of campus. This building will be renamed in the name of a new donor and transformed into a high-tech classroom building. This cache is in honor of a name that will soon be removed from the list of university buildings.
Holzapfel Hall was named after Henry Holzapfel, Jr., who was Chairman of the Board of Regents in the 1940s. He was a graduate of UMD when it was called the Maryland Agricultural College and here is what the 1919 yearbook had to say about him:
Hon. Henry Holzapfel, Jr., was born in Hagerstown, Md., in 1869. He was educated in private schools in Washington County. In 1889 he entered the Maryland Agriculture College, and received his degree in 1893. Since graduation he has been located at Hagerstown, Maryland, of which town he was Mayor. He is also President of the Hagerstown Railroad, and is a most progressive farmer. He was appointed a Trustee of the Maryland State College in 1916.