Robert L. Douglass, MSA SC 3520-2703

Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Robert L. Douglass (1928-2005)
MSA SC 3520-2703

Biography:

Born in Winnsboro, SC, June 23, 1928. Attended Baltimore City public schools; Morgan State University, B.S., 1953; The Johns Hopkins University, B.S., 1962. Married Bernice Sales; four children. Died July 27, 2005, in Baltimore, Maryland.

General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1975-82. Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 1976-77, 1978-80.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Army, 1953-55. Electronics engineer and corporate executive. President, Eastside Democratic Organization. Vice-Chair, National Association of Black Manufactures. Member, Baltimore City Council, 1967-74 and 1995-99. Member, NAACP. Former Member, Provident Hospital Board. Co-Publisher, Metropolitan Magazine.

Source: 1981-82 Maryland Manual (Annapolis, Hall of Records Commission, 1981), 58.

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