Harvey Meyerhoff

Harvey Morton Meyerhoff (April 6, 1927 – August 6, 2023) was an American businessman, fundraiser, and philanthropist.

Meyerhoff graduated from Forest Park Senior High School in 1945,[2] then earned his college degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1948.

[4] The prior chairman was Elie Wiesel, but there were concerns as to whether he could raise the necessary funds, then design and supervise construction of the building.

[4] Meyerhoff owned a yacht named The Moose and collected glassware from Steuben Glass Works.

Meyerhoff helped to found the National Aquarium in Baltimore (the largest tourism attraction in the state of Maryland).

With President Bill Clinton, and Elie Wiesel at the dedication of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993