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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Council President Rawlings Blake
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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A Tribute to Walter Sondheim Jr. - Baltimore City's Renaissance Man
FOR the purpose of expressing our deep appreciation for the contributions of the father of modern Baltimore, Walter Sondheim Jr., for his dedication as a champion for Baltimore's downtown renaissance, his tireless efforts to desegregate Baltimore City schools, for being a leader with vision and determination who helped build Baltimore into the great City that it has become, for helping to bring social and economic prosperity to the city of Baltimore, and for showing us all, by example, that with an optimistic outlook, we can all work together to achieve great things.
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Baltimore City lost one the most influential architects of downtown development in the passing of Walter Sondheim Jr., on February 15, 2007. Mr. Sondheim, who was 98, was born in Bolton Hill, served in the Navy during World War II, and was the president of the Baltimore School Board in the 1950's that made the decision to desegregate an engineering course at Polytechnic Institute 2 years before there was mandated desegregation at public schools across the country. After the Supreme Court's desegregation decision, Sondheim and the school board moved as quickly as possible to become the first district south of the Mason-Dixon line to comply with the order.
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