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Peak in Shenandoah National Park Named for Maury Pathfinder
In a Richmond Times Dispatch editorial from May 13 a speaker praises Matthew Fontaine Maury, Virginia born oceanographer and VMI professor. The writer asks if another Shenandoah peak could honor Maury, contrasting it with Marshall Peak named for John Marshall. Winchester, Va June 1926.
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