Theodore R. McKeldin (1900-1974)
MSA SC 3520-1484
Mayor of Baltimore, 1943-1947, 1963-1967
Governor of Maryland, 1951-1959 (Republican)

Born: November 20, 1900¹
Father: James A. McKeldin²
Mother: Dora (Grief) McKeldin³
Education:
            Attended public schools and Baltimore City College
            LL.B., 1925, University of Maryland Law School
            Attended graduate economics classes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ca. 1925⁴
Marriage:  October 17, 1924 to Honolulu Manzer⁵
Children:  Theodore, Jr. and Clara Whitney Ziegler⁶
Religious affiliation:  Episcopalian⁷
Positions held:
            Employee, Alexander Brown & Sons, Fidelity and Deposit Company, Baltimore, ca. 1920-1924
            Practiced law, Baltimore, 1926-1939, 1947-1950, 1959-1963, 1967-1974
            Public speaker, 1926-1974
            Secretary to Mayor Broening, Baltimore, 1927-1931
            Faculty member, University of Baltimore Law School, Baltimore College of Commerce, Bard-Avon School,
                    Baltimore Institute, and Forest Park Evening High School, Baltimore
           Mayor of Baltimore, 1943-1947, 1963-1967
            Member, Board of Directors, Council of Social Agencies, ca. 1951-1957
            Member, Board of  Trustees, South Baltimore General Hospital, ca. 1951-1957
            Governor of Maryland, 1951-1959⁸
Memberships:
            Organizer and second president, Junior Association of Commerce of Baltimore
            Member, Board of Directors of the Council of Social Agencies
            Member, Board of Trustees of the South Baltimore General Hospital
            Chairman of the Board of the Baltimore Civic Opera Company
            Chairman of Brotherhood Week for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1948, 1949
            President, America-Israel Society
            Honorary Vestryman, Christ Church, Philadelphia⁹
Died: August 10, 1974, Baltimore¹⁰
Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore¹¹

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