Maryland Mensans have gathered at an extraordinary number of monthly meeting places over the years. In addition to the Westinghouse facility and the “large home in Baltimore County” of an unnamed early member, MM has met at 50 other locations:

  • The Congress Hotel (1965, 1967, 1968)
  • Belvedere Towers (1966 and 1967)
  • Danny’s Restaurant (1966)
  • Judy Radawich’s home (1966)
  • Fred Davis’s home (1966)
  • The Peter Lukas Restaurant (1967)
  • Penny Brewster’s home (1967)
  • Gordon Barland’s home (1967)
  • The Tail of the Fox Restaurant (1967)
  • The Penn Hotel (1967)
  • Jack McNulty’s home (1967)
  • The Downtowner Motel (1967–68)
  • Ken Adelberg’s home (1969)
  • Johns Hopkins University’s Levering Hall (1969)
  • The Deutches Haus (1969–70; site of Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall today)
  • The VIP Room Baltimore (1970–71)
  • Bill MacNeil’s home (1971)
  • The film studio of the Social Security Administration (1971 and 1976)
  • The McKeldin area of Patapsco Valley State Park (1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1977)
  • Judy Kreiner’s home (1971 and 1972)
  • The Briarwood Inn (1972)
  • The headquarters building of the Social Security Administration (1972)
  • The Maryland Academy of Sciences (1972)
  • Town and Country Apartments (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978)
  • Alex Kaufman’s farm (1972)
  • Calvert Cliffs State Park (1972)
  • Larry and Kathy Bowen’s home (1975, 1978)
  • The U.S. Naval Academy Alumni House (1976)
  • Hertsch’s Tavern in Woodlawn (1977)
  • The Versailles Apartments (1977)
  • John Bell’s home (1977)
  • The Mansion House (1979, 1980, 1981)
  • The Padonia Park Club (1979, 1980)
  • St. Joseph Hospital’s auditorium (1979, 1980)
  • Suzanne Schuster’s home (1980)
  • The Baltimore Hilton Hotel (1981)
  • Locust Park Center (1981)
  • Woodlawn Park (1981)
  • The Maryland Science Center (1981–88)
  • The Baltimore Science Fiction Society Building (1986)
  • University of Baltimore (1986, 1988, 1989)
  • Baltimore Holiday Inn (1987)
  • University of Maryland Medical School (1988)
  • Hyatt Regency Hotel (1985)
  • Baltimore Episcopal Church (1988)
  • Towson Presbyterian Church (1989)
  • Towson Unitarian Church (1989–2000)
  • Stillmeadow Evangelical Church in Catonsville (2000–2010)
  • The Christian Temple in Catonsville (2011–2014)
  • The River Hill Meeting Room in Columbia (2015–2025)
  • Catonsville Double T Diner’s ‘Backroom’ (2025)
  • Amherst House, King’s Contrivance Village Center in Columbia (2025)

The source material for this summary is drawn from

  • the websites of Mensa International, American Mensa, and Maryland Mensa;
  • the 1978 manuscript of “A History of Maryland Mensa” by Maryland Mensan Fred C. Davis, Jr., who died in 2016;
  • back issues of M-Anation, Maryland Mensa’s monthly newsletter; and
  • years of casual conversations between the editor of this compilation (Steve Collier) and other Mensans.

Please contact David at dhubbard@erols.com if you have questions about Maryland Mensa in general or any part of this summary.