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He was a Charter Member of Support for the [[National Archives]] Experience with a gift of $1,000,000 or more<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-04.html|title=Press Release October 14, 2004 "National Archives' Opens Major Permanent Exhibition On November 12, 2004| access-date=2020-06-05}}</ref> |
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| Died | February 10, 2014 (aged 95) |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, Engineer, philanthropist |
| Spouse | Lillian |
| Children | Steven Hackerman Nancy Hackerman |
Willard Hackerman (1918 – 2014) was an American businessman, long-time CEO of major construction firm, and philanthropist based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Biography
Willard Hackerman, was president and CEO of The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and a prominent Baltimore philanthropist. Hackerman grew up in Baltimore Maryland and attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school known for its engineering program. He graduated from the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied civil engineering. In 1938 he started his career at Whiting-Turner where he worked until his death in 2014. Upon his death the Baltimore Sun said that while he held no public office, he was as much a city father to Baltimore as any mayor or City Council member, delegate or senator. "Few, if any, have had a larger impact on the community."[1][2]
Philanthropy
He personally or through his company, made a number of significant philanthropic gifts. Through his company, Whiting Turner, he gave over a million dollars to Catholic schools primarily for tuition assistance scholarships.[3] The G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University received a $5 million gift in 2005 to endow a scholarship fund for graduates.[4] Hackerman and his wife Lillian Patz Hackerman, endowed the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Chair in Radiation Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Chair in Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)[5], and created the Hackerman-Patz Patient and Family Pavilion at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. There are also other endowments in his name such as the Willard Hackerman Scholarship [6] and the Willard Hackerman Academy of Mathematics and Science at Towson University. Hackerman owned a collection of significant antique Maryland and Baltimore maps. In 2017, after his death his family presented the Hackerman Map Collection to the Sheridan libraries of Johns Hopkins University.[7]
The Hackermans also purchased a Mount Vernon Place mansion and donated it to The Walters Museum, upon which it was renamed Hackerman House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walters_Art_Museum#Hackerman_House_(1850/1991) to include museum’s collection of Asian art.[8]
In 2010,the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital began $31 million construction project to which Willard Hackerman pledged $5 million.[9]
He was a Charter Member of Support for the National Archives Experience with a gift of $1,000,000 or more[10]
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Links
Senator Ben Cardin Mourns The Passing of Marylander Willard Hackerman[12] An Interview with Willard Hackerman, John Hopkins University [13]
References
- ^ "Baltimore Sun : Baltimore's man to see [Editorial] FEB 10, 2014". Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ "Baltimore Sun : "Willard Hackerman, company president and philanthropist, dies" FEB 10, 2014". Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ "Catholic Review: "Hackerman remembered as supporter of Catholic education" FEBRUARY 12, 2014". Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ "philanthropynewsdigest.org Johns Hopkins Engineering School Receives $5 Million for Scholarship Fund, FEBRUARY 27, 2005". Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ^ "Tim Finin Willard and Lillian Hackerman Chair in Engineering Computer Science and Electrical Engineering". Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "The Willard Hackerman Scholarship". Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Map Collections at Johns Hopkins". Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "Baltimore Jewish Times, obituary February 12, 2014". Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ "Newswise: "Levindale Builds Multi-Million Dollar Home for Elderly" 22-Sep-2010". Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ "Press Release October 14, 2004 "National Archives' Opens Major Permanent Exhibition On November 12, 2004". Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ 2004 Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives, Volume 36
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pyFqdDDOOY&feature=youtu.be
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wA3RpENMJY