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Name
  
Alma Preinkert


Died
  
February 28, 1958

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Alma Preinkert (October 22, 1895 – February 28, 1954) was the registrar at the University of Maryland before being murdered by an intruder at her Washington, D.C. home. A Maryland alumna and a beloved figure in the University community, her murder sent shockwaves through the area. Although a large investigation ensued, her attacker was never identified.

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A building on the University's College Park campus, the Preinkert Field House (which currently contains the National Center for Smart Growth), and Preinkert Drive are named after Alma Preinkert.

Selected publications

  • Preinkert, A. H., and American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. (1940). The work of the registrar: A summary of principles and practices in American universities and colleges. Washington, DC: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.

    • Additional reading

  • Rule, Leslie (2006) When the Ghost Screams: True Stories of Victims Who Haunt, Andrews McMeel Publishing (Accessed May 2012)
  • Preinkert, Alma Henrietta: Univ. official. (January 1, 1935). American Women: the Official Who's Who Among the Women of the Nation, 1935–1936.
  • Cattell, J. M. K. (1932). Preinkert, Alma H(enrietta): University of Maryland, College, Park, Md. Leaders in Education, a Biographical Directory.
  • Report of the Chronicler for 1954 Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Vol. 53/56, pp. 406–435

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