In Memoriam

To deceased persons who deserve recognition for their special contributions to Baltimore history

The 2026 honorees

Thomas L. Hollowak, Historian of Polish Baltimore and Associate Director Emeritus, University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives

Rev. Dr. Theodore (Ted) Durr, Founder, Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center, housed at University of Baltimore and now known as the Baltimore Studies Archives

Dr. Earl Richardson, President Emeritus, Morgan State University

Past Honorees, in alphabetical order

Hon. Rosalie Silber Abrams (2010)

Hon. Victorine Q. Adams (2007)

Jody Albright (2017)

Margaret Phyllis DeMan Armstrong (2017)

Joseph Arnold (2007)

Rosa L. Barber (2021)

Evelyn T. Beasley (2020)

Charles Blackburn (2018)

Esther Bonnet (2018)

Margaret L. Budd (2025)

Hon. Clarence H. (Du) Burns (2008)

Agnes Callum (2016)

Edward A. Chance (2003)

John “Buzz” Chriest (2024)

Marshall “Eddie” Conway (2024)

James Cooper (2012)

James Crockett (2020)

Thomas Cripps (2019)

Samuel T. Daniels (2006)

Verna Day-Jones (2010)

Arthur James ("The Bulldog”) Donovan (2014)

John Dorsey (2008)

Rhoda Dorsey (2015)

Martin A. Dyer (2012)

Ethel Ennis (2020)

Homer E. Favor (2014)

Lucretia Fisher (2012)

Bea Gaddy (2004)

Kirk Gaddy, Sr. (2021)

Willie Alexander Harry (2013)

Jean Hepner (2014)

Helena Hicks (2025)

Ronald Hoffman (2019)

Hon. Mabel Hubbard (2007)

Wilbur Harvey Hunter, Jr. (2009)

Jerry Hynson (2018)

Lillie M. Carroll Jackson (2004)

Georgeanna Seegar Jones (2005)

Gregory Kane (2014)

Rev. Richard Lawrence (2021)

Karen Lewand (2013)

Mack Lewis (2011)

Rabbi Mark G. Loeb (2011)

Hon. Thurgood Marshall (2004)

Esther E. McCready (2021)

Ralph McGuire (2010)

Valeri McNeal (2015)

Glenard (Glen) Middleton (2025)

Sally Michel (2019)

Raoul Middleman (2022)

Bishop Douglas Miles (2022)

Meredith Plant Millspaugh (2017)

George E. Mitchell Sr. (2021)

Hon. Parren J. Mitchell (2008)

William L. Moore (2003)

Frances L. Murphy, II (2009)

Robert John Nowlin (2024)

Delfina H. Pereda-Echeverria (2021)

Benjamin A. Quarles (2004, 2005)

Vincent Quayle (2024)

Hon. Howard "Pete" Rawlings (2010)

Roger D. Redden (2008)

James Earl Reid (2022)

Betty Garman Robinson (2025)

Bishop L. Robinson, Sr. (2015)

Norman G. Rukert (2006)

Edward Rutkowski (2020)

Thomas L. Saunders (2018)

Elizabeth Mary Schaaf (2024)

Hans Schuler, Jr. (2009)

Hans Schuler, Sr. (2009)

Hubert Simmons (2012)

Phoebe Stanton (2004)

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (2019)

Vivien T. Thomas (2005)

J. Tyson Tildon (2006)

Mamie Todd (2023)

Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. (2016)

Benjamin Whitten (2013)

Anthony Wann Williams (2025)

Gertrude Williams (2022)

Herman Williams, Jr. (2023)

June Wing (2015)