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Being a four-term chair of the Staff Senate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and an administrator in the School of Medicine's Department of Physiology would be enough responsibility for many people. But for Kenneth Fahnestock, it's barely a start. A four-year U.S. Navy veteran, he's been part of the Naval Reserves so long (since 1980) he is no longer eligible to receive regular base pay. His long-standing relationship with the Maryland chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association started two years before that. And then there was Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Bel Air Youth Center, March of Dimes, Boy Scouts of America, Kidney Foundation, Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and New Pathways. Not to mention refereeing youth soccer for years. "I am thankful for everything I have, my health and my family," says Fahnestock, who has a "very patient and understanding" wife and two grown children. "I have always felt that if I can do something to make someone else's life better, I should do what I can." He brought that helpful attitude to UMB in 1999. His work with the Staff Senate, the Maryland Charity Campaign, his involvement with many on-campus committees, his public service commitments, in addition to his departmental duties, earned him Employee of the Year honors in 2007. | |
