MDDC Hall of Fame
The MDDC Hall of Fame, established in 1947, honors outstanding newspaper professionals whose careers were marked by excellence at news media organizations in Maryland, Delaware or the District of Columbia. Members of the hall date back to the 19th century and hail from rural weekly papers, metro-area dailies and everything in between.
The Hall is located in the College of Journalism Building at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland College Park. Election to the Hall is a distinctive honor, and to be nominated a person must be or have been long-employed at a news media organization that either is a member or eligible to be a member of the Association.
Nominate someone for the Hall of Fame.
Our newest honorees are Deborah Cornely of The Dundalk Eagle and Rick Cullen of The Daily Times, inducted in 2018.
Nominations are accepted year-round, though must be received by January 30 for consideration for that year's Hall of Fame class. Nominations received before January 30 are considered by the Executive Committee, and the honorees are voted on by the full Board. See below for the full listing of the Hall of Fame members. Follow the links for more detailed information on Hall of Fame members.
Year Inducted |
Name | Title | Affiliation |
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2018 | Deborah Cornely | Editor & Publisher | The Dundalk Eagle |
2018 | Rick Cullen | Editor | The Daily Times |
2016 | Ed Waters, Jr. | Reporter & Photographer | Frederick News-Post |
2015 | Lee A. McCardell * Christmas Letter 1944 |
Reporter & Editor | The Baltimore Sun |
2015 | Carl J. Murphy | Publisher | The AFRO-American Newspapers |
2014 | Mary J. Corey | Senior Vice President & Director of Content | Baltimore Sun Media Group |
2014 | Denise Riley | Editor Emeritus | The Star Democrat |
2014 | Brice Stump | Journalist & Photographer | The Daily Times |
2013 | James S. Keat * 2016 Obituary |
Editor | Baltimore Sun |
2013 | Tom Marquardt | Publisher | Annapolis Capital & MD Gazette |
2013 | Carol Melamed | VP, Government Affairs | The Washington Post |
2012 | Bruce Hotchkiss | Editor | Delmarva Farmer |
2012 | Lou Panos | Reporter | Baltimore Sun |
2011 | William H. Kerbin | Editor | Worcester County Times |
2011 | Nicholas Horrock | Journalist | Washington Examiner / Baltimore Sun |
2011 | W. Curtis Riddle | Publisher | News Journal |
2010 | Mike Mahr | Director of Advertising | Washington Times |
2010 | Jean F. Moon | Managing Editor | Patuxent Publishing |
2010 | Ralph Moyed | Reporter | News Journal |
2010 | Zeke Orlinsky | Publisher | Patuxent Publishing |
2009 | Bill Burton | Editor | Baltimore Evening Sun/Bay Weekly |
2009 | Jim Flood Sr. | Publisher | Dover Post |
2009 | Dan Tabler | Columnist | Queen Anne's Record Observer |
2009 | Sid Yudain | Publisher | Roll Call |
2008 | Harry C. Black | Publisher | Baltimore Sun |
2008 | Herb Block | Editorial Cartoonist | The Washington Post |
2008 | Philip Merrill | Publisher | Annapolis Capital & MD Gazette |
2008 | John Henry Murphy Sr. * 2010 Obituary |
Editor/Publisher | The AFRO-American Newspapers |
2008 | Moses Newson | Managing Editor | The AFRO-American Newspapers |
2008 | Shirley Povich | Columnist | The Washington Post |
2008 | George E. Randall | Publisher | The Frederick News-Post |
2008 | Robert B. Sincell Sr. | Publisher | The Republican |
2008 | John Steadman | Reporter/Writer | Baltimore News-American/Sun |
2007 | Tom Bradlee | Publisher | Chesapeake Publishing |
2006 | Edwin Warfield III | Publisher | The Daily Record Company |
2005 | Meg Greenfield | Editorial Page Editor | The Washington Post |
2004 | James M. Schurz | Publisher | Herald-Mail |
2003 | Edward D. Casey | Editor | Annapolis Capital & MD Gazette |
2002 | J. Suter Kegg | Editor | Cumberland Times-News |
2001 | Katharine Graham | Publisher | The Washington Post |
2000 | Roger B. Farquhar | Editor | Montgomery County Sentinel |
1999 | Joseph R.L. Sterne | Editorial Page Editor | Baltimore Sun |
1998 | W. Wright Robinson | Columnist | Leader & State Register |
1997 | Benjamin Bradlee | Editor | The Washington Post |
1995 | Jon Franklin | Writer | Baltimore Sun |
1994 | Sam Lacy | Reporter | The AFRO-American Newspapers |
1993 | George B. Delaplaine Jr | Publisher | Frederick News-Post |
1992 | E. Ralph Hostetter | Publisher | Delmarva Farmer |
1991 | Frank Woodfield | Copy Editor | Baltimore Sun |
1990 | Bernard J. (Jack) Smyth | Editor/Publisher | Delaware State News |
1990 | William Penn Frank | Columnist | Wilmington News Journal |
1988 | Gerald W. Johnson | Op-Ed Writer/Columnist | The New Republic |
1986 | Gertrude Poe | Editor/Publisher | Laurel Leader |
1985 | Arunah S. Abell | Publisher | Baltimore Sun papers |
1985 | Louis Azrael | Columnist | Baltimore News-American |
1984 | A. Aubrey Bodine | Photographer | Baltimore Sun papers |
1984 | Anne Catherine Hoof Green | Publisher | Maryland Gazette |
1984 | Williams Parks | Publisher | Maryland Gazette |
1974 | Charles Neill Baylor | Editor | Hagerstown Herald & Daily Mail |
1974 | Elmer M. (Jay) Jackson III | Editor | Anne Arundel Times |
1974 | Henry Louis 'H.L.' Mencken | Columnist | Baltimore Sun papers |
1974 | B.C.F. (Joe) Mulieri | Editor | Anne Arundel Star |
1974 | John D. Worthington Jr. | Publisher | The Aegis |
1955 | Andrew Banks Jr. | Editor | Baltimore News-Post |
1954 | Dr. Edward Clarke | Editor/Publisher | Worcester Democrat |
1954 | Robert E. Delaplaine | Publisher | Frederick News-Post |
1953 | Michael William Aker | Editor | Queenstown News |
1953 | William Malone Baskerville | Editor/Publisher | Baltimore News-Post |
1953 | William Wakefield Duke | Publisher/Judge | Calvert Journal |
1952 | Aloysius Fenwick King | Editor | St. Mary's Beacon |
1952 | Paul Chenery Patterson | Publisher | Baltimore Sun papers |
1952 | Paul Stromberg | Publisher | Stromberg Publications |
1947 | Benjamin H. Sincell | Editor/Publisher | The Republican |