[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8262-8263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SUE GLADHILL

 Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 
extraordinary accomplishments of T. Susan Gladhill, MSW, who will be 
retiring as Chief Government & Community Affairs Officer and Vice 
President after more than three decades of service to the University of 
Maryland, Baltimore--UMB.
  Sue began her career at UMB as an instructor at the School of Social 
Work, where she had earned her Master's degree in Social Work. Then, 
she joined the president's office, first as an assistant in government 
affairs. One of her first tasks was to secure passage of legislation to 
privatize the University of Maryland Hospital. During Sue's tenure, she 
has served as associate vice president for government affairs, vice 
president for government affairs, and--since 1995--vice president for 
external affairs, a position which also includes managing UMB's 
communications and development. Sue has done an admirable job 
representing the University of Maryland's legislative interests. She 
helped to acquire construction funding for the R. Adams Cowley Shock 
Trauma Center and she was involved in landmark legislation that re-
established the University System of Maryland as a public corporation. 
She also worked on passage of the Public Private Partnership Act, which 
made it possible for university faculty to enter into business 
relationships with the private sector. This act was critically 
important with regard to establishing a highly successful technology 
transfer program.
  Sue has also been a prolific fundraiser for the university, raising 
money for the Health Sciences & Human Service Library and the Schools 
of Social Work, Nursing, Law, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Health Science 
Facilities I, II, and III. She has raised funds for renovating research 
space in Howard Hall.

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She was instrumental in establishing an institutional-affiliated 
foundation known as the University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, 
which has grown its assets to just under $200 million since 2000. She 
is the foundation's president and chief executive officer. Through it 
all, Sue has also managed to serve as an adjunct clinical associate 
professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Sue Gladhill for her 
dedicated service and consummate leadership at the University of 
Maryland, Baltimore. She has contributed greatly to the success of the 
excellent education and services provided by the University of 
Maryland's prestigious graduate schools and medical center, and she 
will be missed. Please join me in wishing her well in her retirement. 
She certainly has earned it.

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