<p>Anybody know any famous professors (past or present; preferably present) at UMD-CP?</p>
<p>I was surprised to find that Rachel Carson (author of Silent Spring) once taught there and John Lott (author of the highly controversial gun control study) is a researcher there.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Maryland Economist Wins Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics :: University Communications Newsdesk, University of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?ArticleID=1145]University”>http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?ArticleID=1145)</p>