Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Adler Larry Adler |
|
Musician[1] |
BartzGary Bartz |
1958 |
Jazz Musician, Grammy Award winner |
Bernstein, Morris LouisMorris Louis Bernstein |
1928[2] |
Abstract expressionist painter |
Baker, Russell BakerRussell Baker |
1943 |
Writer, two time Pulitzer Prize winner, who wrote about City in his autobiographical Growing Up |
Chalker, Jack L.Jack L. Chalker |
1961 |
Author, of over 50 science fiction/fantasy novels |
Deshields, André DeShields |
1964 |
Broadway Actor, Tony Award nominee |
EngePeter G. Engelman |
1957 |
Author |
Glass, PhilipPhilip Glass |
1954*[3] |
Avant Garde Composer [4] |
Glushakow, JacobJacob Glushakow |
1933[5] |
Painter, works in permanent collections at Baltimore Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, and Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Goodman, Al Goodman |
1918[6] |
Musician, Conductor |
Horton Edward Everett Horton |
1904[2] |
character actor |
Kramer, ReubenReuben Kramer |
1925 |
Abstract Sculptor [7] |
LeCompte, Rowan LeCompte |
1942 |
Stained Glass Artist, (National Catherdral)[8] |
Moore, GarryT. Garrison Morfitt (Garry Moore) |
1933 |
TV Variety Show Host |
Parker, RoyalRoyal Parker |
1946 |
News Anchor WBAL-TV, TV Variety Show Host[9] |
Pirosh, RobertRobert Pirosh |
1928[2] |
Writer, won Oscar and Golden Globe for screenplay in "Battleground" |
ShapiroKarl Shapiro |
1932[10] |
Poet, Literary Critic, and Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Pulitzer Prize winner |
Siegel, Eli Siegel |
1919[11] |
Poet and Founder of Aesthetic Realism |
Tucker, Michael Michael Tucker |
1962 |
Actor, L.A. Law and Diner fame |
Uris, Leon Uris |
1942*[12][13] |
Writer, Author of Exodus and other literary classics |
Wood, Charles E Charles Erskine Scott Wood |
1870* [14] |
Author, Civil Libertarian, and Attorney[15] |
Weisgall, HugoHugo Weisgall |
1929[2] |
Composer |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Abercrombie David Abercrombie |
1887[16] |
founder of Abercrombie & Fitch |
Cordish David S. Cordish |
1956 |
President and Chairman of the Cordish Company |
Embry, Robert Robert C. Embry Jr. |
1955 |
President, Abell foundation, Baltimore Housing Commissioner (1968-1977)[17] |
Haskins Joseph Haskins Jr. |
1967 |
President and CEO of the Harbor Bank of Maryland [18] |
Hormats Robert D. Hormats |
1961 |
Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs[19] |
Krieger, Z Zanvyl Krieger |
1924[20] |
lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist; co-founder, Baltimore Colts; former part-owner, Baltimore Orioles[21] |
Mechanic Morris A. Mechanic |
1915[22] |
entrepreneur, builder of the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre |
McCormack Charles P. McCormick |
1916[23] |
business tycoon, and president of the McCormick & Company |
Meyerhoff Joseph Meyerhoff |
1915[24] |
business tycoon, and former President of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
Motz John E. Motz |
1930[25] |
President, Merchantile Bank & Trust Company, Baltimore |
RapoportMorton Rapoport |
1952[2] |
M.D., CEO, University of Maryland Medical System |
ResnickMartin Resnick |
1949[2] |
Founder, Martins West-Martins Caterers |
Rosenbloom Carroll Rosenbloom |
1926[26] |
former owner Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams(NFL) |
Rubenstein, David David M. Rubenstein |
1966 |
business tycoon and co-founder of The Carlyle Group[27] |
Schuerholz John Schuerholz |
1958 |
General Manager, Atlanta Braves(MLB) |
Straus Harry L. Straus |
1913[28] |
electrical engineer and business tycoon |
TylerCalvin E. Tyler, Jr. |
1960 [2] |
philanthropist, Senior VP, United Parcel Service |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Adams, Thomas Thomas Sewall Adams |
1897 |
Economist, Yale University; President, American Economic Association (1927) |
Bryant. JohnJohn Richard Bryant |
1961 |
Bishop, Fifth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Colbert Isaac M. Colbert |
1964 |
Dean for Graduate Studies, MIT (1999-present)[29] |
Chesney Alan M. Chesney |
1905[30] |
Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Fischer, John John Henry Fischer |
1927[31] |
President, Teachers College, Columbia University; Superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System, enforced the desegregation of the school system[32] |
Ford, HenryHenry Jones Ford |
1868[33] |
Political Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University; President, American Political Science Association |
Latane Arthur Hertzberg |
1928[34] |
former President, American Jewish Congress |
Latane John H. Latane |
1889[35] |
Dean of Faculty, Professor, Johns Hopkins University |
MaassArthur Maass |
1935[36] |
Political Scientist, Harvard University (1948-1984) |
Morrill William K. Morrill |
1921[37] |
Dean of Students, Mathematician, Johns Hopkins University; member,National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[38] |
Straughn William R. Straughn |
1902[39] |
Founding President, Mansfield University[40] |
Schmoke, KurtKurt Schmoke |
1967 |
Dean, Howard University School of Law; 46th Mayor, City of Baltimore |
Walker, Orris G.Orris G. Walker, Jr. |
1960 |
1st African-American Bishop of the Episcopal Church |
David E. Weglein |
|
longest serving superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System[41] |
West, HenryHenry West |
|
President, Towson University; Superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Anderson, Curt Curt Anderson |
1967[49] |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore City (1983-1995), (2003-Present); chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation |
Cardin, Meyer Meyer Cardin |
1926[2] |
Delegate (1936-38); Judge, Baltimore City Supreme Bench[50] |
DiPietro, A Anthony M. DiPietro, Jr. |
1953[51] |
Delegate, District 46, Baltimore City (1979-1994)[52] |
Fulton, T Tony Fullton |
1968 |
Delegate, District 40, Baltimore City (1987-2005) [53] |
Hergenroeder Henry R. Hergenroeder, Jr. |
1961[2] |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore County and Baltimore City (1967-1992) |
Lamotte Lawrence A. LaMotte |
1966 |
Delegate, District 5B, Baltimore County (1983-1994) |
Levin, Theodore Ervin "Ted" Levin |
1962 |
Delegate, District 11, Baltimore County(1975-1994)[54] |
McDonoughPat McDonough |
1964 |
Delegate, District 7 Baltimore County (1979-1983), (2003-present) |
Muth Charles "Bucky" Muth |
1955 |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore City (1983-1987)[55] |
Phillips, Wendell Wendell F. Phillips |
1982 |
Delegate, District 41, Baltimore City (1999-2003)[56] |
Riley, B. D B. Daniel Riley |
1964 |
Delegate, District 34, Harford County (1999-2003), (2007-present) |
Rosenberg Samuel I. Rosenberg |
1969 |
Delegate, District 41, Baltimore City (1983-present) [57] |
Silver, E Edgar P. Silver |
1940 |
Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1955-1965)[58] |
SpectorAllen B. Spector |
1952 |
Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1966-1970); Councilman, Baltimore City Council (1971-1977)[59] |
Stewart, William William A. Stewart |
|
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates (1868); Delegate (1852-1854)[60] |
Buffington J. Raymond Buffington |
1929 |
State Senator, (1959-1962); Delegate (1942-50)[61] |
DellaGeorge W. Della |
1928[62] |
President of the Maryland State Senate (1951-1954), (1959-1962); State Senator (1941-1962)[63] |
Hughes, R Ralph M. Hughes |
1966 |
State Senator, District 40, Baltimore City (1991-2007); Delegate (1983-1991)[64] |
LapidesJulian L. Lapides |
1949 |
State Senator, District 44, Baltimore City (1967-1994) [1] |
McFadden Nathaniel J. McFadden |
1964[65] |
State Senator, District 45, Baltimore City (1995-present) |
Norris, William William I. Norris |
1929[2] |
President of the Maryland State Senate (1920-1922); State Senator, District 1, Baltimore City (1916-1922); Delegate, District 1, Baltimore City, (1904)[2] |
Steinberg, Mel Melvin A. Steinberg |
1950[2] |
Lt. Governor (1986-1994); President of Maryland State Senate (1983-1986); State Senator (1967-1986) [3] |
Stone, NormanNorman R. Stone, Jr. |
1953 |
State Senator, District 45, Baltimore County (1966-present) |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Alpert, P Paul E. Alpert |
1953[66] |
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Judge (1982-1995); Baltimore County Circuit Court, Judge (1977-82); District Court (1972-77); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, Baltimore County (1967-73)[67] |
Bacharach Carl W. Bacharach |
1938[68] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1971-1992); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1951-1962) [69] |
Baer, Thomas Thomas S. Baer |
1858[70] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1903-1906)[71] |
Bass, HH. Gary Bass |
1960 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1983-present) [72] |
Beck, R Raymond A. Beck |
1956 |
Circuit Court, Carroll County, Judge (1990-2005); State Senator, Carroll County (1982-1990); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, Carroll County (1972-1982) [73] |
Brown, EmanuelEmanuel Brown |
1971[74] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1998-present)[75] |
Dugan Robert N. Dugan |
1960[2] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore County, Judge (2000-present)[76] |
Fletcher, GDarryl G. Fletcher |
1965[2] |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1994-present)[77] |
FranceRalph H. France, II |
1959 |
District Court, Washington County, Judge (1995-present) [78] |
FriedmanSol J. Friedman |
|
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1973-1991) [79] |
Gatewood, AskewAskew Gatewood |
1968 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1984-present) [80] |
Hammerman Robert I. H. Hammerman |
1946 |
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Chief Judge (1984-1998), Judge (1967-1998) |
HammondFrancis Hall Hammond |
1919 |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Chief Judge (1966-1971), Judge (1952-1966) |
JaneyNeal M. Janey |
1966[81] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1980-1985)[4] |
KircherMartin A. Kircher |
1948 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1973-2000), Delegate, Baltimore City (1963-1973)[82] |
Lamdin Bruce S. Lamdin |
1965 |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (2002-present)[83] |
Marbury, O Ogle Marbury |
1899[84] |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Chief Judge (1944-1952), Judge (1941-1944) |
Moser Herman M. Moser |
1917[85] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore, Judge (1944-1956) |
Moylan Charles E. Moylan, Jr. |
1949[2] |
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Judge (1970-2000)[5] |
Murnaghan Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. |
1937[86] |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Circuit Judge (1979-2000) [6] |
OshrineTheodore Oshrine |
1966 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1985-present) [87] |
Prevas John N. Prevas |
1964[2] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Chief Judge (2006-present), Judge (1986-present) [7] |
Quarles, William William D. Quarles |
1965 |
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge (2003-present) [8] |
Resnick, AlanAlan Resnick |
1946[2] |
SeidlerI. Marshall Seidler |
1953 |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1998-2004)[9] |
SfekasC. James Sfekas |
1970[2] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1964-1981); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, District 4, Baltimore City(1939-1954)[88] |
Snyder, A. CecilA. Cecil Snyder |
1936[2] |
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Chief Justice (1953–1957), Associate Justice (1942–1953) |
Sobeloff Simon E. Sobeloff |
1909 |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Chief Judge (1958-1964), Circuit Judge (1956-1958); U.S. Solicitor General (1954-1956)[89] |
Soper Morris Ames Soper |
1890[90] |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Circuit Judge (1931-1963) |
Stein, Charles Charles Francis Stein, Sr. |
1925[2] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1921-1936) |
Steinberg Marvin Steinberg |
|
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1985-1996) |
Stewart, WilliamWilliam A. Stewart |
|
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1882-1893)[10] |
Wilner Alan M. Wilner |
1954 |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Judge (1996-2007); Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Chief Judge (1990-1996), Judge (1977-1990) |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Anderson, John John W. Anderson |
1964 |
Sheriff, Baltimore City (1989-present)[95] |
BiddisonThomas N. Biddison |
1924[96] |
Baltimore City Solicitor 1947-58; member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[97] |
Brown, DevonDevon Brown |
1967 [98] |
Director, Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections (2006-present), Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections(2002-2006)[99] |
BurchFrancis B. Burch |
1937[100] |
Attorney General of Maryland (1966-1974) City Solicitor, Baltimore (1961-1963)[101] |
CallahanDennis Callahan |
1958 |
Mayor of Annapolis (1985-1989) |
Cain, JohnJohn L. Cain |
1958 |
Baltimore City Council, 1st District (1991-2004)[102] |
CryorMichael E. Cryor |
1964[103] |
chairman, Maryland Democratic Party[104] |
Curran, MartinMartin "Mike" Curran |
1955 |
Baltimore City Council, 3rd District (1977-1995)[105] |
Daniel, RonRonald L. Daniel |
1967[106] |
Police Commissioner, Baltimore City (1999-2000)[107] |
Fine, SStanley S. Fine |
1961 |
Director, Maryland Lottery (1973-1978)[108] |
HammLeonard Hamm |
1967[109] |
Police Commissioner, Baltimore City (2005-2007)[110] |
PressmanHyman A. Pressman |
1930 [111] |
Baltimore City Comptroller, (1975-1995) [11] |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Ambati Balamurali Ambati |
1989 |
youngest person to become a doctor [124] |
Baer, Eric Eric Baer |
1949[2] |
polymer and plastics researcher |
Berman Edgar Berman |
1932[125] |
surgeon, first to do heart transplant; physician to Hubert Humphrey [126] |
Bloom, William William Bloom |
1916[127] |
pathologist |
Caplan, Louis Louis R. Caplan |
1954[128] |
neurologist |
Dryden, Hugh Hugh Latimer Dryden |
1913[129] |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NASA |
Golomb Solomon W. Golomb |
1949 |
mathematician, engineer, inventor of polyominoes |
Hackerman, NormanNorman Hackerman |
1928[2] |
chemist; president, Rice University; National Medal of Science; Vannevar Bush Award (1993) |
Howell, William HenryWilliam Henry Howell |
1878 |
physiologist; pioneer of the use of heparin as a blood anticoagulant; dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine[130] |
Kinsey, Lee Lee Kinsey |
1920[131] |
physicist, astronomer; chairman, Department of Physics, University of California at Los Angeles[132] |
Kramer, Morton Morton Kramer |
1931[133] |
chemist, former president,University of Texas[134] |
Levin, Simon Simon A. Levin |
1957 |
ecologist, Princeton University |
Plitt Charles C. Plitt |
1866 |
botanist |
Resnick, RobertRobert Resnick |
1939 |
physicist; professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Oersted Medal (1974) |
Rodbell, MartinMartin Rodbell |
1943[135] |
biochemist, molecular endocrinologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1994 |
Sonneborn Tracy M. Sonneborn |
1922[136] |
biologist, geneticist |
Strasb Victor Strasburger |
1967 |
pediatrician; medical adolescent expert |
Wheeler, John John Archibald Wheeler |
1927[137] |
theoretical physicist; Wolf Prize in Physics[138] |
Wolman Abel Wolman |
1909[139] |
sanitary engineer; inventor of modern water treatment techniques |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Armstrong, GordonA. Gordon Armstrong |
1904 |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[140] |
Baldwin, BobBob Baldwin |
1962 |
American football, fullback, Baltimore Colts[141] |
Bishop, MaxMax Bishop |
1921*[142] |
Baseball, 2nd baseman, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, |
Breyer, FrankFrank Gottlob Breyer |
1905[143] |
Lacrosse, founding coach, US Naval Academy; coach, Lehigh University and Swarthmore College[144] |
Budnitz, EmilEmil "Buzzy" Budnitz |
1949 |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[145] |
Byrne, TTommy Byrne |
|
Baseball, pitcher, New York Yankees |
Eckman, CCharley Eckman |
1940 |
Basketball, head coach, Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons (1954-1957) |
Gatewood, TomTom Gatewood |
1968 |
American football, wide receiver, New York Giants[146] |
GuildLorne Randolf Guild |
1928[147] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[148] |
Johnson, BryantBryant Johnson |
1999[149] |
American football, wide receiver, Arizona Cardinals |
Knipp, JJohn C. Knipp |
1912[150] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame [151] |
Neun, JJohnny Neun |
1921[152] |
Baseball, Manager, New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds |
Person, AraAra Person |
1966 |
American football, tight end, St. Louis Cardinals[153] |
SchmeisserWilliam C. Schmeisser |
1899 |
Lacrosse, coach, Johns Hopkins University, namesake Schmeisser Award; US Olympian[154] |
SchnydmanJerry Schnydman |
1962 |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[155] |
Stuart, Ed Edward M. Stuart |
1913[156] |
Lacrosse, member National Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Captain, United States Army Corps of Engineers[157] |
Sykes, JJohn Sykes |
1967 |
American football, wide receiver, San Diego Chargers[158] |
Thomas, AlphAlphonse "Tommy" Thomas |
1918[2] |
Baseball, pitcher, Chicago White Sox |
Tolson, JohnJohn C. Tolson |
1937 [159] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Lieutenant, United States Navy, World War II[160] |
Yearly, ChurchChurch Yearly |
1930[161] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Trustee, Johns Hopkins University[161] |