Albert Hybl, a retired subordinate prof of biophysics astatine the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died of end-stage dementia Dec. 12 astatine College Manor successful Lutherville. He was 90 and lived successful Original Northwood vicinity of Baltimore.
Born successful Iowa City, Iowa, helium was raised successful Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by his mother, Marie Hybl, and grandmother, Anna Rose Hybl, who immigrated from Czechoslovakia successful 1920 and worked astatine ameatpacking plant.
While a McKinley High School pupil helium wrestled, and aboriginal went connected to gain a grade successful mathematics and chemistry astatine Coe College.
Immediately aft his 1954 graduation, Mr. Hybl was drafted into the U.S. Army and assigned to bases successful Germany and France.
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After helium near the military, helium headed to the California Institute of Technology and earned his doctorate successful chemistry and mathematics. He specialized successful crystallography, the subject of determining the statement of atoms successful crystalline solids.
Mr. Hybl did postdoctoral enactment astatine Iowa State University.
He met his aboriginal wife, Lois Ann Gleason, successful the Cedar Rapids nationalist library.
“He was location successful summertime and checking retired German connection opera records and I was moving summers astatine the library,” she said. “I had to inquire his sanction to grounds the loan. He asked maine to spot the movie, ‘South Pacific.’”
In 1964 Mr. Hybl moved to Baltimore connected The Alameda. He joined the module of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, wherever helium taught and conducted research. He besides interviewed aesculapian schoolhouse applicants and was an aboriginal practitioner of machine research.
Toward the extremity of his career, helium worked successful the accusation exertion part of the dean’s office.
Mr. Hybl enjoyed classical euphony successful summation to galore different hobbies. He was a regular listener of Baltimore’s classical euphony station, WBJC.
He enjoyed hunting for mushrooms successful Herring Run and Patapsco State parks. He played chess and work detective mysteries and subject fiction. He was besides a Harry Potter, Star Wars and Star Trek fan.
He loved Czech euphony and some waltz and polka dancing successful summation to being a regular astatine the Polish Home Club. He besides belonged to the Emerald Isle Club and enjoyed Irish societal dancing.
Mr. Hybl had relatives successful the Czech Republic and joined the Czech and Slovak Heritage Association wherever helium studied the Czech language. He assisted the connection schoolhouse and yearly festivals.
He besides performed with the Sokol Folk Dance Ensemble.
With his wife, Lois, helium traveled to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ireland for creation workshops and tours. On 1 trip, helium met his mother’s cousins successful Ceska Trebova.
“Our Czech connection skills were not cleanable and we had a translator connected that trip,” said his wife.
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Survivors see his woman of 60 years, Lois Ann Gleason, a probe adjunct astatine the Johns Hopkins Center for Social Organization of Schools and a program developer for the Success for All Foundation; a son, Anton A. Hybl of Germantown; a daughter, Tanya M. Sandrock of Salt Lake City, Utah; and 5 grandchildren.
A memorial work volition beryllium held astatine 11 a.m. March 11 astatine the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road.
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