Dr. Albert Hybl, an Associate Professor of Biophysics at the University Of Maryland Medical School and a resident of Original Northwood, died of end-stage dementia at College Manor on December 12.

Born January 8, 1932, in Iowa City, Iowa, he was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by his mother, Marie Hybl, and grandmother, Anna Rose Hybl. They were 1920 immigrants from Czechoslovakia who worked at the local meatpacking plant.

A high school and college wrestler, he graduated from McKinley High School and went on to earn a BA in math and chemistry at Coe College. Right after graduation in 1954, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and saw service in Germany and France. After his discharge in 1955, he headed to the California Institute of Technology and earned his PhD in Chemistry and Math, with a specialization in Crystallography. He then did postdoctoral work at Iowa State University. In 1964, he moved to Baltimore to work at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. At the end of his career, he worked in the IT division of the dean's office.

Al enjoyed classical music in addition to his many hobbies: mushroom hunting, chess, reading mysteries and science fiction and polka, waltz, folk and Irish social dancing. Because he still had relatives in the Czech Republic, he joined the Czech and Slovak Heritage Association where he studied the Czech language and helped with the language school and annual festivals. At one point, he performed with the Sokol Folk Dance Ensemble. With his wife, Lois, he traveled to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ireland for dance workshops and tours organized by Dvorana Travel. On one trip, he met his Czech relatives in Ceska Trebova.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Lois Hybl (nee Lois Ann Gleason), children Anton A. Hybl and his wife Muluye Gonfa of Germantown, MD and Tanya M. Sandrock of Salt Lake City, UT and grandchildren Marie Hybl, Zyad Phoenix Hybl, Nathan Hybl, Jessica Sandrock, and Cameron Sandrock and his wife  Gaby.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville, Maryland 21093 on Saturday, March 11, 2023 beginning at 11 AM.  In lieu of flowers please remember Albert with memorial contributions to WBJC FM Radio or Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa or California Institute of Technology .