At that time, Ted was 23 years old, a doctor at London University-Kings College of Medicine. He was looking for opportunity internationally, which brought him to South Africa. After we met, we got married, and then the doctor was invited by Yale University to come to America.

I decided to start Spa Nova to integrate that with a little bit of the medicine. [Ted] decided a couple of years ago he wanted to go into research regarding the anti-aging medicine. My husband is fully qualified, board certified and has been invited as an international examiner on the subject.

If you want to look good on the outside, you must also feel good and be good on the inside. Our practice is really tailored to that [philosophy].

Dr. Kaufman became dean at a time when the college and the university were reeling from the cuts that had been imposed by the state's Measure 5 bill. Under his leadership, the college has moved from dealing with significant program reductions to the point where it is recognized as one of the nation's finest education colleges.

A university is a college with a stadium seating over 40,000.

You might think they are going to (the University of Maryland) College Park and they end up at Mount Saint Mary's or Harvard.