Peggy Daidakis Werner, former Baltimore Convention Center director and industry pioneer, dies

Peggy Daidakis Werner, the Baltimore Convention Center’s former director and the first woman to lead a national convention center, died of lymphoma Dec. 12 at her Towson home. She was 74. Born in Baltimore and raised on The Alameda, she was the daughter of Apostolos “Paul” Daidakis, a restaurant worker, and his wife, Donna, a seamstress. She was an Eastern High School graduate and earned a ...