Who was Johns Hopkins?

Seeing as my friend is now employed by Johns Hopkins University, we thought it fitting to spend some of our time in Baltimore exploring the campus. The campus is beautiful and very nicely taken care of. The architecture is nice brick, and the buildings were impressive. I think what struck me most, though, was the seeming consistency and plan of campus.

My main experience with college campuses is UNC, which maintains many of the signs of early efforts to plan a uniform and harmonious campus. There are clear quads with rectangular buildings of a matching architectural style. But there are also "riot proof" concrete blocks of buildings that sit beside some of the older structures. The campus clearly sprawled and adapted as the university grew. Granted, we only saw part of Johns Hopkins, but it all seemed much more planned and regular than to what I am accustomed.

That Johns fellow must have really known what he was doing when he designed all those buildings.