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5 unusual facts about Kurt Schmoke


Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale

Kurt Schmoke & Ralph Dawson, moderators of the Black Student Alliance at Yale, played important roles as liaisons between the undergraduate community and the administration.

Beau Felton

A memorial for Felton is established in the police headquarters, and attended by then-Maryland Governor Parris Glendening and then-Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke.

Hanover Street Bridge

On May 30, 1993, Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke officially renamed the bridge the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge".

Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

A few years later on September 15, 1989, Mayor Kurt Schmoke declared it “Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Day” in Baltimore.

Sam Chauncey

Rather than the apocalyptic student riot that consumed Kent State University on May 4, 1970, Yale, under the leadership of Kingman Brewster on behalf of the faculty and Kurt Schmoke on behalf of the undergraduates, embraced and then managed the spirit of the protest.



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