This year, The Baltimore Sun will celebrate the 6th annual BGE & The Baltimore Sun's Business & Civic Hall of Fame
This program will honor the achievements of business and civic leaders who have spent their careers working to transform and improve Maryland. Nominations for this prestigious award were solicited from the Baltimore Sun readers and winners selected by a committee consisting of our editorial board, as well as the area's most prominent leaders.
We are delighted to present our honorees with a special award at a celebratory dinner at The Center Club on
Thursday, September 9, 2021.
HALL OF FAME AWARDS CEREMONY
We are delighted to be able to host our event in person this year. All safety precautions will be followed.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
5:30pm - 6:30pm Cocktail Reception
6:30pm - 8:00pm Dinner & Awards Ceremony
THE CENTER CLUB
100 Light St #16, Baltimore, MD 21202
INVESTING
IN THE COMMUNITY
Each year Baltimore Sun Media selects a deserving non-profit to receive a percent of net proceeds from the Hall of Fame event. We have selected The Greater Baltimore Urban League for this year's non-profit.
The mission of the Greater Baltimore Urban League movement is to enable African Americans and other minorities to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
GBUL’s three-pronged strategy for pursuing their mission is:
•Ensuring that children are well-educated and equipped for economic self-reliance
•Helping adults attain economic self-sufficiency through good jobs, home ownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation
•Ensuring civil rights by eradicating all barriers to equal participation in the economic and social mainstream of America
The Greater Baltimore Urban League movement carries out its mission through direct services, advocacy, research, policy analysis, community mobilization, collaboration and communications.
2021 HONOREES
PAST HALL OF FAME HONOREES
2020
HONOREES
Marin Alsop
H. Furlong Baldwin
Thelma Daley
Brian J, Gibbons
Michael D. Hankin
Carla Hayden
Freeman Hrabowski
Gary C. Kelly
Neil Meltzer
Ozzie Newsome
Mary-Ann & Walter D. "Wally" Pinkard Jr.
Mary Ann Scully
2019
HONOREES
Robert C. Embry Jr.
John B. Frisch
Larry Gibson
Sandy Hillman
Brian C. Rogers
Senator Paul Sarbanes
Kurt Schmoke
Mary Pat Seurkamp
Leonard & Roslyn Stoler
Otis Warren Jr.
John Waters
2018
HONOREES
Norman R. Augustine
The Honorable Robert M. Bell
Chet Burrell
Joseph Haskins Jr.
Mark & Patricia Joseph
Diane Bell-McKoy
Patricia J. (PJ) Mitchell
Ronald R. Peterson
Edward St. John
Ronald M. Shapiro
2017
HONOREES
William (Brit) Kirwan
Henry A. Rosenberg Jr.
David Cordish
Doreen Bolger
Betsy & George Sherman
Barbara Mikulski
George L. Russell Jr.
Michael Cryor
Lainy LeBow-Sachs
2016
HONOREES