Kurt L. Schmoke, the eighth president of the University of Baltimore, has announced his intent to retire in June 2027.
Schmoke, who previously served three terms as mayor of Baltimore from 1987 to 1999, assumed his current role on July 7, 2014, following more than a decade of service with Howard University in Washington, D.C. From 2003 to 2012, he was dean of the HBCU’s School of Law. He then served as Howard’s general counsel and interim provost.
Schmoke is a graduate of Yale University, where he majored in history and was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. After studying at Oxford University, he returned to the United States and completed his juris doctorate at Harvard Law School.
