Walter Sondheim, Jr. Collection ( WS)

WALTER SONDHEIM, JR.

1908-2007

PERSONAL: Born Baltimore, Maryland July 25, 1908
Married Janet E. Blum, February 15, 1934
Children: John Sondheim
Ellen S. Dankert
Two grandaughters—Sara K. Baron and Rebecca E. Baron

EDUCATION: Park School, Baltimore, Maryland — Graduated, 1925
Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania — B.S. 1929

BUSINESS: 1972—1984, Chairman, Charles Center—Inner Harbor
1985 Management, Inc. (Vice—Chairman 1970—1912)
1984 — Board Member, Market Center Development Corporation (Chairman 1982—1984)
1984 — Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Baltimore
1984 — President, Charles Street Management Corp.
U.S. Navy 1944—1946 (released to inactive duty as lieutenant Director of U.S. Employment Service for Maryland and Assistant State Director War Manpower Commission for Maryland (loaned by Hochschild Kohn & Co.)
1942—1943: Hochschild Kohn & Company — 1929—1970 (retired as
Senior Vice President & Treasurer) 1929—1970

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BUSINESS DIRECTORSHIPS:
Fair Lanes, Inc.
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland (Retired)
First Maryland Bancorp and First National Rank of Maryland (Retired)
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company (Retired)
Baltimore Life Insurance Company (Retired)
Legal Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland

AWARDS:
LL.D Morgan State University — 1958
LL.D Haverford College — 1963
Doctor of Public Service — University of Maryland — 1979
McCormick Civilian Award — 1958
Interfaith Award for 1959
Citation by National Conference of Christians and Jews for
Distinguished Service in Field of Human Relations — 1964
“William J. Casey” Award, American Red Cross — 1973
“Man of the Year” Award, Advertising Club of Baltimore — 1975
“Irving Mum Award”, United Fund of Central Maryland — 1976
“Frances Morton Froelicher Civic Statesman Award”, Citizens
Planning and Housing Association — 1976
“Szold Award”, Temple Oheb Shalom — 1977
“John Franklin Goucher Award”, Goucher College — 1977
Honoree — National Jewish Hospital/National Asthma Center—1983
H. Vernon Eney Award, Maryland State Bar Association — 1984
J. Jefferson Miller Award, Greater Baltimore Committee — 1985
Community Leadership Award, Baltimore Chapter, American Institute of
Architects — 1985
Realtor CHOICE Award, Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors — 1986

CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
Director —Mercy Hospital, Inc.
Member —Technical Review Committee — Maryland Psychiatric Research Institute
Member —The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Joint Committee on Clinical Investigation
Board of Governors —William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund
Trustee —Francis Scott Key Hospital
Member —Maryland Hospital Association, Council for Quality Health Care
Honorary Member —Board of Governors, Citizens Planning and Housing Association
Member —Voluntary Council on Equal Opportunity, Inc.
Trustee —Gottschalk Foundation
Member —Finance Advisory Committee, League of Women Voters
Member —Long Range Planning Committee, Maryland State
Bar Association
Member —Maryland State Bar Association Task Force on Organization of U.S. District Court
Member —Resources Development Council, Villa Julie CoLlegc
Chairman —Board of Trustees Goucher College (Now Trustee Emeritus)
President —Board of Directors Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (now Honorary Director)
Vice President —Baltimore Regional Chapter American Red Cross (now Honorary Director)
President —Board of Directors Jewish Family and Children’s Bureau (now Honorary Director)
Member —Maryland Regional Advisory Board, National ConferE of Christians and Jews (former Co—Chairman)
Chairman Emeritus —Celebrate Maryland, Inc.
Member —Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum Foundation
President, 1954—57 — Board of School Commissioners, Baltimore, Maryland (Member 1948—1957)
Chairman, Baltimore Urban Renewal and housing Commission and Housing Authority of Baltimore City — 1951—1963
President, Community Chest of Baltimore City, 1965—67
Chairman, Maryland State Commission on Hereditary Disorders
Chairman, Governor’s Commission on Compensation and Personnel Policies
Executive Committee, Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc.
Member, National Alliance of Businessmen, Advisory Board
Member, Board of Regents, Morgan State University
State Treasurer, United Negro College Fund
Member, Maryland State Commission on Judicial Disability
Director, Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore, Inc.
Chairman, Maryland State Ceneral Assembly Compensation Commission
Member, Maryland State Interstate Banking Committee
Member, Board of Directors, Business Executives for the Law School, University of Maryland
Member, Board of Directors, Westminster Preservation Trust
Board of Managers, The Bryn Mawr School
Vice President, Maryland Judicial Selection Council, Inc.
Member, Advisory Board, “To Promote Goodwill”
Chairman, Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Expressway Design
Trustee, The Park School of Baltimore
Director, ACTION, INC. (American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods)
Director, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore
Member, Governor’s Advisory Council on Civil Defense
Member, Governor’s Committee to Promote Employment of the Physically Handicapped
Vice President, Haverford Society of Maryland
Director, Baltimore Goodwill Industries
Vice President, Baltimore Council of Social Agencies
Member, Board of Directors, Baltimore Urban League
Employer Member — Federal Advisory Council, Bureau of
Employment Security
Director, Baltimore Chapter, American Jewish Committee
Director, Baltimore Goodwill Industries
Director, Provident Hospital
Director, Marriage Counseling Service
Director, Council for Equal Business Opportunity
Maryland State Chairman, Crusade for Freedom — 1954—55
Director, Fight Blight Fund, Inc.
Vice President, Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare
Director, Store Management Group, National Retail Dry Goods Association
Director, Mental Hygiene Society of Baltimore
Director, Mental Hygiene Society of Maryland
Director, Citizens Planning and Housing Association
Director, Operations Division, National Retail Merchants Association
Member, Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations
Member, Community Chest — Red Cross Joint Fund Committee
Chairman, Advisory Committee, Baltimore City health Department
Member, Committee to Study Conflict of Interest Laws of Baltimore City Member, Advisory Board Johns Hopkins University Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research
Director, Baltimore Urban Coalition
Trustee, Baltimore Museum of Art
Member, Maryland Sports Complex Authority
Member, Political Science Advisory Council, 1-laverford College
Executive Committee, Maryland State Advisory Committee for
Comprehensive Health Planning
Director, Maryland Dental Service Corporation
Citizens’ Advisory Board, Johns Hopkins Center for Urban Affairs
Director, Baltimore Jewish Council