| Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
| Glushakow, JacobJacob Glushakow |
1933[1] |
Painter, works in permanent collections at Baltimore Museum of Art,
The Phillips Collection, and Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Kramer, ReubenReuben Kramer |
1925 |
Abstract Sculptor [2] |
| LeCompte, Rowan LeCompte |
1942 |
Stained Glass Artist, (National Catherdral)[3] |
| 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 |
| EngePeter G. Engelman |
1957 |
Author |
| ShapiroKarl Shapiro |
1932[4] |
Poet, Literary Critic, and Professor, Johns Hopkins University,
Pulitzer Prize winner |
| Siegel, Eli Siegel |
1919[5] |
Poet and Founder of Aesthetic Realism |
| Uris, Leon Uris |
1942 (left to join the Marines) |
Writer, Author of Exodus and other literary classics[6] |
| Wood, Charles E Charles Erskine Scott
Wood |
1870 (left 1869 for West Point) |
Author, Civil Libertarian, and Attorney[7] |
| BartzGary Bartz |
1958 |
Jazz Musician, Grammy Award winner |
| Glass, PhilipPhilip Glass |
1954 (left to attend the University of Chicago) |
Avant Garde Composer [8] |
| Goodman, Al Goodman |
1918[9] |
Musician, Conductor |
| Adler Larry Adler |
|
Musician |
| Stalk Issac Stalk |
|
Record Label Owner and Member of the National Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences |
| Moore, GarryT. Garrison Morfitt (Garry
Moore) |
1933 |
TV Variety Show Host |
| Parker, RoyalRoyal Parker |
1946 |
News Anchor WBAL-TV, TV Variety Show Host[10] |
| Tucker, Michael Michael Tucker |
1962 |
Actor, L.A. Law and Diner fame |
| Deshields, André DeShields |
1964 |
Broadway Actor, Tony Award nominee |
| Weisgall, HugoHugo Weisgall |
|
Composer |
| Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
| Abercrombie David Abercrombie |
1887[14] |
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)[15] |
| Haskins Joseph Haskins Jr. |
1967 |
President and CEO of the Harbor Bank of Maryland [16] |
| Hormats Robert D. Hormats |
1961 |
Vice President, Goldman Sachs[17] |
| Krieger, Z Zanvyl Krieger |
1924[18] |
lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist; co-founder, Baltimore Colts;
former part-owner, Baltimore Orioles[19] |
| Mechanic Morris A. Mechanic |
1915[20] |
entrepreneur, builder of the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre |
| McCormack Charles P. McCormick |
1916[21] |
business tycoon, and president of the McCormick & Company |
| Meyerhoff Joseph Meyerhoff |
1915[22] |
business tycoon, and former President of the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra |
| Rosenbloom Carroll Rosenbloom |
1926[23] |
former owner Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams(NFL) |
| Rubenstein, David David M. Rubenstein |
1966 |
business tycoon and co-founder of The Carlyle Group[24] |
| Schuerholz John Schuerholz |
1958 |
General Manager, Atlanta Braves(MLB) |
| Straus Harry L. Straus |
1913[25] |
electrical engineer and business tycoon |
| 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)[26] |
| Chesney Alan M. Chesney |
1905[27] |
Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Fischer, John John Henry Fischer |
1927[28] |
President, Teachers College, Columbia University;
Superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System, enforced the
desegregation of the school system[29] |
| Ford, HenryHenry Jones Ford |
1868[30] |
Political Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton
University; President, American Political Science
Association |
| Latane John H. Latane |
1889[31] |
Dean of Faculty, Professor, Johns Hopkins University |
| MaassArthur Maass |
1935[32] |
Political Scientist, Harvard University (1948-1984) |
| Morrill William K. Morrill |
1921[33] |
Dean of Students, Mathematician, Johns Hopkins University;
member,National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[34] |
| Straughn William R. Straughn |
1902[35] |
Founding President, Mansfield University[36] |
| 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 |
| West, HenryHenry West |
|
President, Towson University; Superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System |
| Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
| Ambati Balamurali Ambati |
1989 |
youngest person to become a doctor [37] |
| Baer, Eric Eric Baer |
|
polymer and plastics researcher |
| Berman Edgar Berman |
1932[38] |
MD, first to do heart transplant, physician to Hubert Humphrey [39] |
| Bloom, William William Bloom |
1916[40] |
pathologist and scientist |
| Dryden, Hugh Hugh Latimer Dryden |
1913[41] |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,
NASA |
| Golomb Solomon W. Golomb |
1949 |
mathematician, engineer, inventor of polyominoes |
| Kinsey, Lee Lee Kinsey |
1920[42] |
physicist, astronomer; chairman, Department of Physics, University of
California at Los Angeles[43] |
| Kramer, Morton Morton Kramer |
1931[44] |
chemist, former president,University of Texas[45] |
| Levin, Simon Simon A. Levin |
1957 |
ecologist, Princeton University |
| Plitt Charles C. Plitt |
1866 |
botanist |
| Rodbell Martin Rodbell |
1943 |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1994[46] |
| Sonneborn Tracy M. Sonneborn |
1922[47] |
biologist, geneticist |
| Strasb Victor Strasburger |
1967 |
MD, pediatrician and medical adolescent expert |
| Wheeler, John John Archibald Wheeler |
1927[48] |
theoretical physicist; Wolf Prize in Physics[49] |
| Wolman Abel Wolman |
1909[50] |
inventor of modern water treatment techniques |
| Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
| Anderson, Curt Curt Anderson |
1967[58] |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore City (1983-1995), (2003-Present); chairman of
the Baltimore City Delegation |
| Cardin, Meyer Meyer Cardin |
|
Delegate (1936-38); Judge, Baltimore City Supreme Bench[59] |
| DiPietro, A Anthony M. DiPietro, Jr. |
1953[60] |
Delegate, District 46, Baltimore City (1979-1994)[61] |
| Fulton, T Tony N. Fulton |
1968 |
Delegate, District 40, Baltimore City (1987-2005) [62] |
| Hergenroeder Henry R. Hergenroeder |
|
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)[63] |
| McDonoughPat McDonough |
1964 |
Delegate, District 7 Baltimore County (1979-1983), (2003-present) |
| Muth Charles "Bucky" Muth |
1955 |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore City (1983-1987)[64] |
| Phillips, Wendell Wendell F. Phillips |
1982 |
Delegate, District 41, Baltimore City (1999-2003)[65] |
| Riley, B. D B. Daniel Riley |
|
Delegate, District 34, Harford County (1999-2003), (2007-present) |
| Rosenberg Samuel I. Rosenberg |
1969 |
Delegate, District 41, Baltimore City (1983-present) [66] |
| Silver, E Edgar P. Silver |
1940 |
Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1955-1965)[67] |
| SpectorAllen B. Spector |
1952 |
Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1966-1970); Councilman, Baltimore City Council (1971-1977)[68] |
| Stewart, William William A. Stewart |
|
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates (1868);
Delegate (1852-1854)[69] |
| Buffington J. Raymond Buffington |
1929 |
State Senator, (1959-1962); Delegate (1942-50)[70] |
| DellaGeorge W. Della |
1928[71] |
President of the Maryland State Senate (1951-1954),
(1959-1962); State Senator (1941-1962)[72] |
| Hughes, R Ralph M. Hughes |
1966 |
State Senator, District 40, Baltimore City (1991-2007); Delegate
(1983-1991)[73] |
| LapidesJulian L. Lapides |
1949 |
State Senator, District 44, Baltimore City (1967-1994) [1] |
| McFadden Nathaniel J. McFadden |
1964[74] |
State Senator, District 45, Baltimore City (1995-present) |
| Norris, William William I. Norris |
|
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 |
|
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 |
| Quarles, William William D. Quarles |
1965 |
United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, Judge (2003-present) [4] |
| Murnaghan Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. |
1937[75] |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit,
Circuit Judge (1979-2000) [5] |
| Rose, John John Carter Rose |
1877 (left to attend University of Maryland) |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit, Circuit Judge (1922-1927); United
States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge (1910-1922); U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland (1898-1910)[76] |
| Soper Morris Ames Soper |
1890[77] |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit, Circuit Judge (1931-1963) |
| 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)[78] |
| HammondFrancis Hall Hammond |
1919 |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Chief Judge (1966-1971), Judge (1952-1966) |
| Marbury, O Ogle Marbury |
1899[79] |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Chief Judge (1944-1952), Judge (1941-1944) |
| Wilner Alan M. Wilner |
1954 |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Judge (1996-2007); Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Chief Judge (1990-1996), Judge (1977-1990) |
| Alpert, P Paul E. Alpert |
1953[80] |
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)[81] |
| Moylan Charles E. Moylan, Jr. |
|
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Judge (1970-2000)[6] |
| Baer, Thomas Thomas S. Baer |
1858[82] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1903-1906)[83] |
| 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) [84] |
| Dugan Robert N. Dugan |
|
Circuit Court, Baltimore County, Judge (2000-present)[85] |
| Hammerman Robert I. H. Hammerman |
1946 |
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Chief Judge (1984-1998), Judge (1967-1998) |
| Prevas John N. Prevas |
|
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Chief Judge (2006-present), Judge (1986-present)
[7] |
| Stein, Charles Charles Francis Stein,
Sr. |
|
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)[8] |
| Sklar, A Albert L. Sklar |
1929[86] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1964-1981); Maryland House of
Delegates, Delegate, District 4, Baltimore City(1939-1954)[87] |
| Bacharach Carl W. Bacharach |
1938[88] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1971-1992); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1951-1962) [89] |
| Bass, HH. Gary Bass |
1960 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1983-present) [90] |
| Brown, EmanuelEmanuel Brown |
1971[91] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1998-present)[92] |
| Fletcher, GDarryl G. Fletcher |
|
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1994-present)[93] |
| FranceRalph H. France, II |
1959 |
District Court, Washington County, Judge (1995-present) [94] |
| Gatewood, AskewAskew Gatewood |
1968 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1984-present) [95] |
| JaneyNeal M. Janey |
1966[96] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1980-1985)[9] |
| KircherMartin A. Kircher |
1948 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1973-2000), Delegate, Baltimore City (1963-1973)[97] |
| Lamdin Bruce S. Lamdin |
1965 |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (2002-present)[98] |
| OshrineTheodore Oshrine |
1966 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1985-present) [99] |
| Resnick, AlanAlan Resnick |
|
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1974-1998) |
| SeidlerI. Marshall Seidler |
1953 |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1998-2004)[10] |
| SfekasC. James Sfekas |
|
District Court, Howard County, Judge (1998-2002) |
| Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
| Anderson, John John W. Anderson |
1964 |
Sheriff, Baltimore City (1989-present)[103] |
| BiddisonThomas N. Biddison |
1924[104] |
Baltimore City Solicitor 1947-58; member, National Lacrosse Hall
of Fame[105] |
| Brown, DevonDevon Brown |
1967 [106] |
Director, Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections (2006-present), Commissioner
of the New Jersey Department of Corrections(2002-2006)[107] |
| BurchFrancis B. Burch |
1937[108] |
Attorney General of Maryland (1966-1974) City Solicitor,
Baltimore (1961-1963)[109] |
| CallahanDennis Callahan |
1958 |
Mayor of Annapolis (1985-1989) |
| Cain, JohnJohn L. Cain |
1958 |
Baltimore City Council, 1st District (1991-2004)[110] |
| CryorMichael E. Cryor |
1964[111] |
chairman, Maryland Democratic Party[112] |
| Curran, MartinMartin "Mike" Curran |
1955 |
Baltimore City Council, 3rd District (1977-1995)[113] |
| Daniel, RonRonald L. Daniel |
1967[114] |
Police Commissioner, Baltimore City (1999-2000)[115] |
| Fine, SStanley S. Fine |
1961 |
Director, Maryland Lottery (1973-1978)[116] |
| HammLeonard Hamm |
1967[117] |
Police Commissioner, Baltimore City (2005-2007)[118] |
| PressmanHyman A. Pressman |
1930 [119] |
Baltimore City Comptroller, (1975-1995) [11] |
| Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
| Armstrong, GordonA. Gordon Armstrong |
1904 |
Lacrosse, member, National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame[128] |
| Baldwin, BobBob Baldwin |
1962 |
American football, fullback,
Baltimore Colts[129] |
| Bishop, MaxMax Bishop |
1921 (left in his junior year) |
Baseball, 2nd baseman, Philadelphia Athletics
and Boston Red Sox, |
| Breyer, FrankFrank Gottlob Breyer |
1905[130] |
Lacrosse, founding coach, US Naval
Academy; coach, Lehigh University and Swarthmore College[131] |
| Budnitz, EmilEmil "Buzzy" Budnitz |
1949 |
Lacrosse, member, National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame[132] |
| 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[133] |
| GuildLorne Randolf Guild |
1928[134] |
Lacrosse, member, National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame[135] |
| Johnson, BryantBryant Johnson |
1999[136] |
American football, wide receiver,
Arizona Cardinals |
| Knipp, JJohn C. Knipp |
1912[137] |
Lacrosse, member, National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame [138] |
| Neun, JJohnny Neun |
1921[139] |
Baseball, Manager, New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds |
| Person, AraAra Person |
1966 |
American football, tight end, St. Louis Cardinals[140] |
| SchmeisserWilliam C. Schmeisser |
1899 |
Lacrosse, coach, Johns Hopkins University
for whom the Schmeisser Award is named; US Olympian[141] |
| SchnydmanJerry Schnydman |
1962 |
Lacrosse, member, National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame[142] |
| Stuart, Ed Edward M. Stuart |
1913[143] |
Lacrosse, member National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Captain, United States Army Corps of
Engineers[144] |
| Sykes, JJohn Sykes |
1967 |
American football, wide receiver,
San Diego Chargers[145] |
| Thomas, AlphAlphonse "Tommy" Thomas |
|
Baseball, pitcher, Chicago White Sox |
| Tolson, JohnJohn C. Tolson |
1937 [146] |
Lacrosse, member, National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Lieutenant, United States Navy, World War II[147] |
| Yearly, ChurchChurch Yearly |
1930[148] |
Lacrosse, member, National
Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Trustee, Johns Hopkins University[148] |