Willard Hackerman (October 6, 1918 – February 10, 2014) was an American businessman, long-time CEO of major construction firm Whiting-Turner, and philanthropist based in Baltimore, Maryland.
"[1][2] Hackerman was influential in politics, being close ally of Baltimore mayor and later Maryland governor William Shaefer.
Through his company, Whiting Turner, he gave over a million dollars to Catholic schools primarily for tuition assistance scholarships.
Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University received a $5 million gift in 2005 to endow a scholarship fund for graduates.
In 2017, after his death his family presented the Hackerman Map Collection of about 60 from between the 16th and mid-19th centuries[10] to the Sheridan libraries of Johns Hopkins University.