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7 unusual facts about William Donald Schaefer


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William Donald Schaefer, former Baltimore mayor, former Governor of Maryland

Baltimore Light Rail

Beginning in the late 1980s, Governor William Donald Schaefer (a former mayor of Baltimore) pushed for building a transit line along this corridor, motivated in part by a desire to establish a rail transit link to the new downtown baseball park being built at Camden Yards for the Baltimore Orioles.

Chip Silverman

Silverman was also a Special Advisor to Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer for Substance Abuse Policy and the Director of the Drug and Alcohol Administration; he worked for the state for 26 years.

John S. Toll

When Governor William Donald Schaefer decided to merge most of the state's public universities into a single system, Toll was put in charge of the merger.

Stephen J. Pasierb

Pasierb served in the State of Maryland Executive Department under Governor William Donald Schaefer as Manager of Marketing & Media Communications for the Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission.

The Band That Wouldn't Die

The band played on the steps of the Maryland State House while the legislature was in session one evening, causing a crowd to gather, including then-Governor William Donald Schaefer, who had been pushing hard for a team and a football stadium.

University System of Maryland

The merger creating the University of Maryland System was directed by Governor William Donald Schaefer and was overseen by University of Maryland President John S. Toll, who then became the system's first Chancellor.


Donald Pomerleau

It even became a matter for local humor as one time at an event, Mayor William Donald Schaefer, showed up with a long black cape draped and curled around his body and arm, topped by a black slouch fedora hat of the 1940's detective-style novels and cartoons or the old prime-time radio drama "The Shadow" with character "Lamont Cranston".


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