Kurt Schmoke

Kurt Schmoke
Schmoke in 2023
47th Mayor of Baltimore
In office
December 7, 1987 – December 7, 1999
Preceded byClarence Burns
Succeeded byMartin O'Malley
State's Attorney of Baltimore
In office
1983–1987
Preceded byWilliam Swisher
Succeeded byStuart O. Simms
Personal details
Born
Kurt Lidell Schmoke

(1949-12-01) December 1, 1949 (age 74)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePatricia Locks
Children2
EducationYale University (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford
Harvard University (JD)

Kurt Lidell Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 47th mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1987 to 1999, the first African American to be elected to the post.[1] He is a former dean of the Howard University School of Law and, on July 7, 2014, he was appointed as president of the University of Baltimore.[2]

  1. ^ Clarence H. Burns, his predecessor, had become mayor automatically as City Council President on the resignation of William Donald Schaefer, but was not elected to a full term.
  2. ^ "Office of the President of the University of Baltimore". University of Baltimore. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.