List Of Baltimore City College People
Baltimore City College is one of the oldest public high schools in the United States. Since its establishment in 1839, hundreds of Maryland business, civic, and political leaders have passed through its doors on their way to notability. Many graduates have served as members of the federal and state legislature, judges, journalists, leaders in business, politics, and the military. They include three former Governors of Maryland, Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and Wolf Prize recipients. Of the seven Maryland recipients of the Medal of Honor between World War I and World War II, three are graduates of Baltimore City College. Bridges, buildings, craters, highways, institutions, monuments, and professorships have been named for alumni including the Dryden Flight Research Center, the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, and Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall where City holds its graduation.
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