Randall, Blanchard, 1856-1942

Blanchard Randall was born in Annapolis in 1856. A grain broker and banker, he was a leader in Baltimore's business world in the early part of the twentieth century. He served as President of The Baltimore Museum of Art from 1914 to 1937 and played a large role in the Museum's early success and the funding and building of the 1929 John Russell Pope building. He was also a trustee of The Johns Hopkins University, president of the National Board of Trade for several years, president of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce in 1907, and was active in the Episcopal Church. He died in Baltimore in 1942.