NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | July 30, 2010
Elias Augustus "Tink" Dorsey, a seasoned city administrator whose career spanned from educator to serving as deputy commissioner of the Housing Authority of the City of Baltimore, died Monday of pancreatic cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The longtime Woodlawn resident was 69. Dr. Dorsey, the son of a contractor and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in the city's Pimlico neighborhood. The origin of Dr. Dorsey's nickname of "Tink" or "Tinker," which he had picked up in his childhood and remained with him for the rest of his life, derived from a keen interest in tinkering with and fixing all variety of gadgets, said Daniel P. Henson III, the former city housing commissioner, who became friends with him when both were students at what is now Morgan State University.
NEWS
By Jamie Stiehm and Jamie Stiehm,SUN STAFF | June 12, 2003
The Baltimore Police Department is laying off 10 cadets and 19 "contract specialists" - mostly retired officers who perform investigations and other duties on contract - to save money. Notices were sent this week to the workers, telling them that their positions are being cut in the fiscal year that begins July 1. Deputy Commissioner Kenneth Blackwell said yesterday that the projected savings will be $780,476. "Certainly through no fault of their own, but because of budget constraints, these positions are being eliminated," he said.
NEWS
By Ryan Davis and Ryan Davis,SUN STAFF | August 20, 2004
A former city police major, who is chief of Morgan State University's force, will take over next month as the No. 2 commander of the Baltimore Police Department. Leonard Hamm said he met yesterday with Commissioner Kevin P. Clark and agreed to accept the job of deputy commissioner of operations. The 55-year-old Baltimore native said he hopes to help stop the rumored decline in morale within the department. He said he has seen too many experienced officers depart. "Everybody can't leave," Hamm said.
NEWS
By Ryan Davis and Ryan Davis,SUN STAFF | May 31, 2005
Each time a new police commissioner arrived in Baltimore, he shuffled the department's command staff. And each time, Kenneth L. Blackwell survived and continued to climb the ranks. From 1990 until his retirement last week, Blackwell, 56, served as a high-ranking appointee under six police commissioners. During a send-off party Wednesday at police headquarters, and in conversations around the building, his colleagues praised his integrity and cool demeanor. "He's weathered storms," said Maj. Rick Hite, who first met Blackwell in 1977.
SPORTS
By Bill Free | September 5, 1991
The revolving front-office door of the Baltimore Blast turned again yesterday when general manager John Borozzi resigned to take over the re-created position of deputy commissioner of the Major Soccer League.Borozzi's resignation means the team has gone through two general managers (Stan White and Borozzi) and made several other front-office changes in less than two years since Ed Hale bought the team.White's official title was vice president/general counsel, but he had the duties of a general manager for one year before Borozzi took over.
NEWS
By Tom Pelton and Tom Pelton,SUN STAFF | November 19, 2002
Kenneth Strong, director of research for a nonprofit law center in Baltimore devoted to helping community organizations, started a new job with the city yesterday as director of the office of homeownership. Strong, who will try to encourage homeownership through loan programs and promotional efforts to persuade more people to live in the city, was one of five housing department hires announced during a news conference yesterday at City Hall. Other incoming housing officials introduced by the mayor yesterday included Douglass Austin, deputy commissioner for development; J. Gregory Love, deputy commissioner for housing and building code enforcement; Ruth Louie, assistant commissioner for community development; and Chris Shea, associate deputy director of planning and development.