Legacy In 1978, Schaefer received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. In 2008, Schaefer moved the "Civic Fund", which he had established and used while Mayor of Baltimore to make small grants to neighborhoods for projects such as erecting flagpoles or cultivating community gardens, to the Baltimore Community Foundation, adding to it his leftover campaign funds and proceeds from the sale of his house. After its settlement, $1.4 million from the late governor's estate was added in 2012 to this fund. The William Donald Schaefer Civic Fund is a permanent endowment which continues to provide small grants for neighborhood projects. Two years before his death, a statue of Schaefer was unveiled in Baltimore's Inner Harbor as a gift by construction magnate Willard Hackerman. In July 2022, a theatrical production titled Do It Now! about Schaefer's time as mayor was produced at Fells Point Corner Theatre in Baltimore. Several buildings have been dedicated in Schaefer's honor: William Donald Schaefer Building, state office building at the northwest corner of St. Paul and East Baltimore Streets (former bankrupt Merritt Savings & Loan Association building) in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. William Donald Schaefer Engineering Building at Morgan State University on Hillen Road in northwest city. William Donald Schaefer Hall at St. Mary's College of Maryland, in St. Mary's County where he served on the board of trustees for years Governor William Donald Schaefer International Terminal (Concourse E) at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) William Donald Schaefer Auditorium at The Baltimore City College (a public high school), where Schaefer had graduated in the centennial class of 1939, and was responsible for the funding of $10 million for a major renovation in 1977–1979. See also Culture of Baltimore References External links William Donald Schaefer – Maryland State Archives. Schaefer and Snoops: Ageless Friendship, Washington Post Hilda Mae Snoops Fountain pictures "Schaefer pops up at a new location" Political Nomenclature: William Schaefer Doesn't Mince Words. 1921 births 2011 deaths American people of German descent Baltimore City College alumni Baltimore City Council members Comptrollers of Maryland Democratic Party governors of Maryland Deaths from pneumonia in Maryland Maryland lawyers Mayors of Baltimore People from Catonsville, Maryland St. Mary's College of Maryland United States Army colonels United States Army personnel of World War II University of Baltimore School of Law alumni 20th-century