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After a prolific 45-year career of impactful service at Marymount University, Professor Donald Lavanty<\/a> retired this past spring.<\/p>\n Originally specializing in health care policy and legislation in Washington, D.C., Lavanty arrived on campus in the fall of 1979 through a mutual friend’s recommendation to guest lecture on health policy to Marymount Nursing<\/a> students. Despite lacking in formal teaching experience, he created a lesson plan that resonated with students, and was offered the chance to teach law and health care for the University’s Paralegal Studies program. He ‘fell in love’ with teaching after his first class, sparking a career in education that spanned more than four decades and five Marymount presidential administrations.<\/p>\n