Marylander of the Year

In 1987, The Sun's editorial board decided to bestow upon the Johns Hopkins University's then-president, Steven Muller, a newly created award: Marylander of the Year. The distinction was meant to honor the person who "contributed the most to Baltimore and Maryland and to the lives of our people," and the man who was in the midst of a rapid expansion of Hopkins' medical and academic empire got the nod as the leading "puller of strings, guide, coach, motivator, spokesman, cheerleader, tambourine-shaker, master of ceremonies and world traveler."

November 18, 2012