C. Bernard "Bernie" Fowler (1924-2021)
MSA SC 3520-2705
Biography:
Born Clyde Bernard Fowler in Baltimore, March 30, 1924. Son of Howard and Claire Fowler. Graduate of Calvert Senior High School, 1940. Married to Betty Lou Holden; four children. Died December 12, 2021, in Solomons, Maryland.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, District 29 (Calvert, Anne Arundel, and St. Mary's
Counties), 1983-94. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee; Economic
and Environmental Affairs Committee; Executive Nominations Committee; Joint
Committee on Legislative Ethics; Special Joint Committee on Pensions.
Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas; Joint Subcommittee
on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Navy, 1944-46; Awarded the Asiatic-Pacific, American
Theatre, and Victory Medals. Businessman. Member, Calvert
County Board of Education, 1963-69 (Past President); Calvert County Commissioner,
1970-82 (Past President). Member, Governor's Commission on Special
Education; Governor's Task Force on State-Local Fiscal Relationships; Governor's
Task Force on Time-Sharing; State Development Council Task Force; Patuxent
River Commission. President, Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland.
Chair, Tri-County Natural Resources Commission. Member, Chesapeake
Bay Commission. Member, Prince Frederick Lodge 142; Eastern Star; American
Legion; VFW; Elks; Kiwanis; Farm Bureau; Chamber of Commerce; Sportsman
Club; Potomac River Association; Waterman's Association.
First Citizen Award, 2006.
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