Brent M. Cordry, a Johns Hopkins registered nurse and volunteer emergency medical technician in Cockeysville, died of undetermined causes Oct. 25 at a neighbor’s home in Mays Chapel. He was 30. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Burton “Neil” Cordry, a salesman, and his wife Gwendolyn Smith, a nurse.
He was a 2006 graduate of Dulaney High School and received an associate’s degree at the Community College of Baltimore County, where he was named to the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
Mr. Cordry obtained a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Towson University. He completed a student nurse residency program at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and worked in its multi-trauma and neuro-trauma critical care units.
He recently joined the Johns Hopkins Hospital, serving in its Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery unit.
He also worked as a technician at the Smart Trans Ambulance Service, and for the past seven years was an active volunteer with the Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Co. as an EMT.