Sushil K. Bhattacharjee

On Saturday morning December 4, 2021 Sushil Bhattarjee, passed away peacefully. Born in Bengal, India in 1938 to a big family, Sushil's father was a lawyer. Sushil studied and received a BA degree at Calcutta University and a MA in Literature at Viswabharati Univ. He receieved a fellowship from Unesco and attended classes in employee management and non-profit fundraising from Springfield College and the Indiana State school of Philanthropy.
In his late 20's he met his wife Sushila in Bombay. There he became the National Director of the International Voluntary Service for 6 years. In 1967 he was named Special Assistant to famed diplomat Chester Boles at the US Embassy in New Dehli.
At his wife's urging, he moved to North America in the late 60's. In 1972 he landed a job as Executive Director of Big Brothers of Brandon in Manitoba, Canada. Ten years later Sushil and Sushila came to Frederick to take over as Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters. He was the CEO of BBBS of Frederick County for 29 years, raising millions of dollars and mentoring thousands on children.
He was active in the Rotary Club of Frederick for over 30 years and was a recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award. He was also associated with St. Jude's Children's Hospital and the Alliance of Non-Profit management.
Services will be private. Funeral arrangements were made by Keeney & Basford Funeral Home.