Background
Embry,, Robert C. was born in 1937 in Baltimore.
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Robert C. Embry
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Graduate with honors, Williams College, 1959. Juris Doctor with honors, Harvard University, 1964. Degree (honorary), Maryland Institute Art.
Degree (honorary), Morgan State University.
Career
Law clerk to Judge Simon E. Sobeloff United States Court Appeals (4th circuit), 1965. Associate Venable, Baetjer and Howard, 1965-1968. Adjunct professor political science Loyola College, 1968-1971.
Assistant secretary Department Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development, 1977-1981. Partner Cordish Embry & Associates, 1981-1987. President Abell Foundation, Baltimore, since 1987.
Executive director President' Task Force on Urban Policy, 1977-1981.
Membership
Executive secretary Mayor's Task Force on Alcoholism, 1965-1967. Member Baltimore City Planning Commission, 1967-1968. Commissioner Department Housing and Community Development Baltimore City, 1968-1977.
Chairman Governor's Commission on Quality Education, Maryland, 1982. Member board commissioners Baltimore City Public Schools, 1983-1985, president, 1985-1986. Vice president Maryland State Board Education, 1989-1990, president, 1990-1995.
Board directors Greater Baltimore Committee, since 1996, Baltimore City Empowerment Zone, since 1995. Founding board directors 1000 Friends of Maryland. Member American Bar Association, Baltimore Bar Association.
Connections
Married Mary Ann Mears. Children: Elizabeth, Katherine, Clair, Julia.
Awards
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Named Baltimore Young Man of Year Junior Association Commerce, 1968, Maryland Young Man of Year Junior Association Commerce, 1969, One of 50 Outstanding Young National Leaders Time magazine, 1979. Recipient Calvert medal State of Maryland, Andrew White medal Loyola College, J. Jefferson Miller award Greater Baltimore Committee, Frances M. Froelicher award Citizens Planning and Housing Association.Named Baltimore Young Man of Year Junior Association Commerce, 1968, Maryland Young Man of Year Junior Association Commerce, 1969, One of 50 Outstanding Young National Leaders Time magazine, 1979. Recipient Calvert medal State of Maryland, Andrew White medal Loyola College, J. Jefferson Miller award Greater Baltimore Committee, Frances M. Froelicher award Citizens Planning and Housing Association.