Harvey Meyerhoff
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Harvey Meyerhoff is past chairman of Baltimore based Magna Properties. Since retiring, Meyerhoff has been active in philanthropy in support of medical research, Jewish issues, and Israel.
As a former chairman of the board of trustees of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Meyerhoff has recently donated significant amounts to that organization, funding the Meyerhoff Center for Digestive Diseases and the William Foxwell Albright Chair in Near Eastern Studies at the School of Arts and Sciences.
Known throughout his life as "Bud," Meyerhoff is the son of real estate developer Joseph Meyerhoff for whom Baltimore's symphony hall is named.
During the Reagan Administration, Meyerhoff was appointed by President Reagan as chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, which raised over $150 million to build the National Holocaust Museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
He also has served, often as chairman, on the boards of the National Association of Homebuilders, Sinai Hospital, the League for the Handicapped, and the Maryland Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
