Editing Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (section)

== Notable alumni ==
{{alumni|date=May 2020}}

=== Arts, literature, and entertainment ===
* [[H. L. Mencken|H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken]], 1896 – writer/author/reporter/editor/columnist, ''[[Baltimore Morning Herald|The Baltimore Morning Herald]]'', ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' (''The Sun'' [morning] and ''The Evening Sun'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-L-Mencken|title=H.L. Mencken &#124; Biography, Books, Significance, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=July 27, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618161834/https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-L-Mencken|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Stavros Halkias]], 2007 – comedian/host of [[Cumtown]]
* [[Jae Deal]] – Hollywood composer/producer
* [[William J. Murray]] – son of atheist [[Madalyn Murray O'Hair]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1998/06/04/house-school-prayer-vote-today-is-largely-a-case-of-symbolism-congress-reluctant-to-act-but-fears-the-power-of-the-religious-right/|title=House school prayer vote today is largely a case of symbolism Congress reluctant to act, but fears the power of the religious right|work=tribunedigital-baltimoresun|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108010013/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-06-04/news/1998155057_1_school-prayer-amend-the-constitution-prayer-amendment|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Edward Wilson (novelist)|Edward Wilson]] – British writer of spy novels<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edwardwilson.info/about.html|title=About Edward Wilson|publisher=edwardwilson.info|access-date=2014-07-13|archive-date=August 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831155143/http://edwardwilson.info/about.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]] – writer
* [[Dashiell Hammett]] – writer/author/screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Dashiell-Hammett-s-legacy-lies-not-only-in-his-2700679.php|title=Dashiell Hammett's legacy lies not only in his writing, but in his living – rough, wild and on the edge|first=Jesse|last=Hamlin|date=February 7, 2005|website=SFGATE|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=March 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317202325/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Dashiell-Hammett-s-legacy-lies-not-only-in-his-2700679.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Alex Scally]], 2000 – guitarist of dream-pop band [[Beach House]]

=== Business ===
* [[Alonzo G. Decker Jr.]], 1926 – former chairman, [[Black and Decker|Black and Decker Corporation]] (power tools manufacturer).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=143831|title=Baltimore Polytechnic Institute|website=bpi.edu|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 12, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112003642/http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=143831|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Education ===

* [[John Corcoran (logician)|John Corcoran, PhD, DHC]], 1956 – logician, philosopher, mathematician, historian of logic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=142721|title=Baltimore Polytechnic Institute|website=bpi.edu|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 12, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112003656/http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=142721|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Joseph A. Panuska|Rev. Joseph Allan Panuska, S.J.]], 1945 – president of the [[University of Scranton]] (1982–1998), academic vice president and dean of faculties at [[Boston College]] (1979–1982), provincial of the seven state Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus (1973–1979), a biology professor and director of the Jesuit community at [[Georgetown University]] (1963–1973), and Jesuit priest.<ref name="J.A. Panuska">{{cite web|title=Joseph Allan Panuska|url=http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/univarchives/panuska/index.shtml|website=The University of Scranton: A Jesuit Institution|publisher=The University of Scranton|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606162406/http://www.scranton.edu/academics/wml/univarchives/panuska/index.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Raynard S. Kington]], MD, PhD, president of [[Grinell College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grinnell.edu/|title=Grinnell College – A private liberal arts college in Iowa|website=www.grinnell.edu|access-date=January 5, 2017|archive-date=May 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502113639/http://www.grinnell.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Government===
==== Judicial branch ====
* [[William "Billy" Murphy Jr.]], [[Baltimore]] [[Circuit Court]].<ref name="Baltimore Polytechnic Institute">{{cite web|url=http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=160519|title=Baltimore Polytechnic Institute|website=bpi.edu|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 12, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112003722/http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=160519|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Legislative branch====

* [[Anthony Ambridge]], 1969 – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Baltimore City Council|City Councilman]], District 2, [[Baltimore]], (1983–1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=306645|title=Baltimore Polytechnic Institute|website=bpi.edu|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 12, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112003633/http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=306645|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Thomas L. Bromwell]], 1967 – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Maryland State Senate|Maryland State Senator]], District 8, [[Baltimore County]], (1983–2002).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/former/html/msa12134.html|title=Senate – Former Senators|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=September 4, 2012|archive-date=November 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113154945/http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/former/html/msa12134.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Andrew J. Burns Jr.]], 1945 – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Maryland House of Delegates|Maryland State Delegate]], District 43, [[Baltimore]] (1967–1982).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/11/26/andrew-j-burns-jr-delegate-dies/|title=Andrew J. Burns Jr., delegate, dies|work=tribunedigital-baltimoresun|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108000745/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-11-26/iphone/bs-md-ob-iphone-andrew-burns-20101126_1_effective-legislator-political-power-active-duty|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Luke Clippinger]], 1990 – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Maryland House of Delegates|Maryland State Delegate]], District 46, [[Baltimore]] (2011–present)
* [[Cornell N. Dypski|Cornell Dypski]], 1950 – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Maryland House of Delegates|Maryland State Delegate]], District 46, [[Baltimore]] (1987–2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=145017|title=Baltimore Polytechnic Institute|website=bpi.edu|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728220225/https://bpi.edu/apps/directory/directory_item.jsp?REC_ID=145017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Edward Garmatz|Edward A. Garmatz]] – [[U.S. Representative]] (Congressman) representing [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 3|Maryland's 3rd District]], (1947–1973).
* [[Joe L. Hayes Jr.|Joe Hayes]] (1988), member of the [[Alaska House of Representatives]]<ref>[http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/100years/bio.php?id=733 Alaska State House 100 years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630021237/http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/100years/bio.php?id=733 |date=June 30, 2017 }} – Bio Joe Hayes Retrieved July 25, 2017</ref> (2001–2003).
* [[A. Wade Kach]] – 1966  (R) Maryland State Delegate, (1975–2014), Baltimore County Councilman, (2014–present), [[US Presidential Elector]] (1972)
* [[Clarence M. Mitchell, IV]] – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Maryland State Senate|Maryland State Senator]], District 39, [[Baltimore]], (1999–2003).
* [[Nick J. Mosby]], 1997 – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Baltimore City Council|City Councilman]], District 7, [[Baltimore]], (2011–present).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimorecitycouncil.com/District7/meetmosby.htm|title=Nick Mosby, District 7: Baltimore City Council|work=baltimorecitycouncil.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108010039/http://www.baltimorecitycouncil.com/District7/meetmosby.htm|archive-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Charles E. Sydnor III]], 1992 – [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]], [[Maryland House of Delegates|Maryland State Delegate]], District 44B, [[Baltimore County]] (2015–present)
* [[George W. Wiland]] – [[United States Congress#Constituent services|U.S. Congressional Constituent Representative]], [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]], [[OK-1]], (2001–present), [[US Electoral College|U.S. Presidential Elector]], ([[List of United States presidential electors, 2000#Oklahoma|2000]]).

=== Military ===
* [[Paul J. Wiedorfer]], 1939 – won [[Medal of Honor]] at [[Battle of the Bulge]]
* [[Brian W. Cavanaugh]], 1986 – lieutenant general, United States Marine Corps<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/236 |title=PN236 – 7 nominees for Marine Corps, 117th Congress (2021–2022) |date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802162028/https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/236 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Sciences ===
* [[Don L. Anderson]] – [[Geophysics|Geophysicist]], winner of the [[Crafoord Prize]] and the [[National Medal of Science]]
* [[John Clauser]] – winner of the 2022 [[Nobel Prize for Physics]]
* [[Scarlin Hernandez]] – astronautical engineer for NASA’s [[James Webb Space Telescope]]
* [[John Rettaliata]] – [[fluid dynamicist]], former president at [[Illinois Institute of Technology]]
* [[Robert H. Roy]] – mechanical engineer, dean of engineering and science at [[Johns Hopkins University]]
* [[Robert Ulanowicz]] (1961) – noted theoretical ecologist at the [[University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]]'s [[Chesapeake Biological Laboratory]]

=== Sports ===
* [[Antonio Freeman]], 1990 – former wide receiver for the [[Green Bay Packers]], and [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
* [[Greg Kyler]] – former wide receiver/defensive back in the [[Arena Football League (1987–2008)|Arena Football League]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afl.com/af2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023234336/http://www.afl.com/af2|url-status=dead|title=afl.com|archive-date=October 23, 2008|website=www.afl.com|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Harry Lawrence (American football)|Harry L. Lawrence]], 1927 – head football coach at [[Baltimore City College|The Baltimore City College]] "Collegians" (1934–1941, 1946) and [[Bucknell University]], [[Lewisburg, Pennsylvania]] (1947–1957) "Bisons",  Guidance Counselor, Faculty, The Baltimore City College, 1957–1973, also inductee in the [[List of Baltimore City College alumni|B.C.C. Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Harry Lawrence dies; ex-coach at City |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107427527/obituary-for-harry-l-lawrence-aged-78/ |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |location=[[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]] |date=February 20, 1987 |page=7 |access-date=August 11, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812014732/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107427527/obituary-for-harry-l-lawrence-aged-78/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Justin Lewis (basketball)|Justin Lewis]], 2020 – current forward for the [[Chicago Bulls]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631171/justin-lewis | title=Justin Lewis &#124; Chicago Bulls | website=[[NBA.com]] | access-date=August 2, 2022 | archive-date=August 2, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802162426/https://www.nba.com/player/1631171/justin-lewis | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Jim Ostendarp]] – former [[National Football League]] (NFL) player and head coach at [[Amherst College]] for 33 years from 1959 to 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OsteJi20.htm|title=Jim Ostendarp profile|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|access-date=2016-05-05|archive-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084041/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OsteJi20.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mike Pitts]], 1978 – played 12 seasons at defensive end for the [[Atlanta Falcons]], [[Philadelphia Eagles]], and [[New England Patriots]], [[National Football League]] (NFL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=PIT553720|title=Mike Pitts, DE at NFL.com|publisher=National Football League|access-date=2012-05-05|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215010759/https://www.nfl.com/players/mike-pitts/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[Jack Scarbath]] – former quarterback for the [[Washington Redskins]] and [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], [[National Football League]] (NFL]), enshrined in [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1983 for [[All-American]] career at [[University of Maryland|University of Maryland at College Park]] "Terrapins"
* [[Greg Schaum]] – former defensive lineman with the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and [[New England Patriots]], [[National Football League]] (NFL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=1906|title=HS Then & Now: For Abiamiri, Draft Day Was Just Gorgeous|publisher=Press Box Online|access-date=September 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207010203/http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=1906|archive-date=February 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ricardo Silva (American football)|Ricardo Silva]], 2006 – former NFL safety
* [[Jack Turnbull]] – three-time [[Johns Hopkins University|The Johns Hopkins University]] "Blue Jays" [[All-American]] and 1932 Olympics lacrosse player, 1936 Olympics field hockey player, and [[World War II]] fighter pilot
* [[Justin Wells]], 2006 – current guard for the [[Arena Football League]]
* [[LaQuan Williams]], 2006 – former wide receiver for the [[Baltimore Ravens]], [[National Football League]] (NFL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://md.milesplit.com/meets/33293/results/62095|title=Maryland State Championship|work=MileSplit Maryland|access-date=May 11, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070528/http://md.milesplit.com/meets/33293/results/62095|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Elmer Wingate]] – former defensive end for the [[History of the Indianapolis Colts#Franchise history|Baltimore Colts]], [[National Football League]] (NFL), [[All-American]] in both football and lacrosse at the [[University of Maryland|University of Maryland at College Park]] "Terrapins"