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BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND

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FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE


SPIRO T. AGNEW
County Executive (Republican), 1962-66



County Executive, Baltimore County, 1962-66.

Former director, National Association of Counties.

Former Attorney, Baltimore County. Chair, Zoning Board of Appeals, Baltimore County, 1958-61, (member, 1957-61).

Governor of Maryland, 1967-69. Member, Board of Public Works, 1967-69. Member, Executive Committee, Vice-Chair, Committee on State-Urban Relations, National Governors' Conference; Advisory Commitee, Inter-governmental Affairs; Appalachian Regional Commission, 1967-69; Southern Regional Education Board, 1967-69; Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 1967-69; Educational Commission of the States, 1967-69; Hall of Records Commission, 1967-69. Member, Maryland Environmental Trust, 1967-69; Maryland Historical Trust, 1967-69.

Vice-President of the United States, 1969-73 (resigned October 10, 1973).

Former international trade executive.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 9, 1918. Attended Baltimore public schools; Johns Hopkins University, (chemistry), 1937-40. Company Commander, Tenth Armored Division, Europe, World War II. Former apprentice, firm of Karl F. Steinmann. University of Baltimore School of Law, L.L.B., 1947. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1949. Attorney. Former President, Loch Raven Community Council. Former member, Loch Raven Kiwanis Club; Parkville Post, American Legion; Order of Ahepa (Greek community organization). Served in U.S. Army, World War II (Bronze Star); and Korea. Author, The Canfield Decision (1976); Go Quietly or Else (1980). Honorary doctor of laws, University of Maryland, and Morgan State College. Married until death, four children. Died. September 18, 1996. Interred, Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Maryland.

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