NEWS
By Tyeesha Dixon and Tyeesha Dixon,Sun reporter | December 16, 2007
Charles G. Tildon Jr., the civic activist whose vision of racial equality and educational opportunity carried him to the presidency of Baltimore City Community College and beyond, died yesterday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 81. Mr. Tildon, who chaired the political action group Marylanders Organized for Responsibility and Equity (MORE), was also a founder of BLEWS, the Black/Jewish Forum of Baltimore - one of many community interests that kept him active after he retired from his college post in 1985.
NEWS
By SLOANE BROWN | February 18, 2007
Masks were the center of attention at the annual fundraiser for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Sure, there were some great ones on the faces of several guests at the party at the American Visionary Art Museum, but the masks that had everyone talking were those on display, as part of NAMI's "Many Faces of Mental Illness Mask Project." These masks were created by artists, business people, health providers and other members of the community to show their thoughts about mental illness.
NEWS
March 5, 2006
City projecting large surplus The once-explosive city real estate market has left Baltimore government with a $60.6 million budget surplus this year, officials said. Restaurant closes after arrests Kawasaki, a three-star Japanese restaurant near downtown Baltimore, closed after its owners were arrested on federal charges of employing illegal immigrants and stealing their tips. J. Tyson Tildon dies at 74 J. Tyson Tildon, whose low tolerance for mediocrity propelled him to lead the city's school board through often contentious reform, died of cancer at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
NEWS
March 1, 2006
WORLD Attacks kill scores of Iraqis At least 75 Iraqis were killed in a series of attacks, and the U.S. ambassador said that recent violence had pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war. pg 1a NATIONAL Court rules on abortion protests The Supreme Court ended a 20-year-old lawsuit against militant anti-abortion groups, ruling that their use of physical violence outside clinics did not violate the anti-racketeering laws. pg 3a MARYLAND J. Tyson Tildon, 74, dies J. Tyson Tildon, 74, whose low tolerance for mediocrity propelled him to lead the city's school board through often contentious reform, died of cancer yesterday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
NEWS
By JACQUES KELLY AND LIZ BOWIE and JACQUES KELLY AND LIZ BOWIE,SUN REPORTERS | March 1, 2006
Dr. J. Tyson Tildon, whose low tolerance for mediocrity propelled him to the leadership of the city's school board through often contentious reform, died of cancer yesterday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Homeland resident was 74. A neuroscientist who studied the regulation of energy metabolism, he was remembered as an academic traditionalist who believed that the city had the power to cure its ills while insisting that Baltimore's public school students learn a day's classwork.
NEWS
January 4, 2006
On December 30, 2005, JOYCE TILDON; beloved wife of Llewellyn Tildon. On Thursday friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENS FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Tildon will lie in state at Gospel Tabernacle Baptist Church, 3100 Walbrook Ave., where the family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)655-0015.