Jean Hannon’s first date with her future husband was at a 1946 World Series game in Fenway Park, where she watched Red Sox slugger Ted Williams in his historic only appearance in a Major League ...

Jean O. Hannon, a longtime Howard County preservationist who played a major role in the revitalization of Ellicott City and the establishment of its historic district in the mid-1970s, died Oct. 27… ...

Jean Hannon changed that. Beginning with her “Paint Ellicott City” campaign in the early 1960s, Hannon has devoted her life to preserving Howard County’s history and heritage.