Lewis R. Riley
(1935-2023)
MSA SC 3520-11906
Biography:
Born in Parsonsburg, Maryland, February 19, 1935. Graduate of Wicomico Senior High School. Married; three children. Died November 5, 2023.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative Districts 36 & 38 (Somerset, Worcester
& Wicomico counties), 1979-87. Minority whip, 1982-87. Member,
Environmental Matters Committee; Ways and Means Committee. Senate,
Legislative District 38 (Somerset, Worcester & Wicomico counties),
1987-92. Member, Finance Committee, 1987-89; Budget and Taxation
Committee, 1990-92; Joint Committee on Investigation. Republican.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Secretary of Agriculture, May 17, 1994 to December 31, 1997, and March
10, 2003 to January 31, 2007. Acting Secretary of Agriculture, January
22 to March 10, 2003. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, 1992-94. Secretary
of Agriculture, 1994-97. Member, Board of Regents, University of Maryland
System, 1994-97; Governor's Executive Council, 1994-97; Maryland Agricultural
Land Preservation Foundation, 1994-97; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake
Bay, 1994-97; Maryland Food Center Authority, 1994-97; Governor's Pesticide
Council, 1994-97; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 1994-97; State Soil
Conservation Committee, 1994-97. Former member, Citizens Advisory Board
for Holly Center; Delmarva Advisory Council. Chair, Task Force on the Marketing
of Grain and Other Agricultural Products, 2003. Member, Task Force to Study
the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries,
2003-04; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's
Water Resources, 2003-04; Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural
Land Preservation Foundation, 2003-05.
Member, Board of Regents, University System of Maryland, 2003-07; Governor's Executive Council, 2003-07; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2003-07; Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2003-07; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2003-07; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2003-07; Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2003-07; Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2003-07; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2003-07; Maryland Food Center Authority, 2003-07; Maryland Horse Industry Board, 2003-07; Mid-Atlantic Poultry Health Council, 2003-07; Governor's Pesticide Council, 2003; Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2003-07; Poultry Issues Action Team, 2003; Rural Legacy Board, 2003-07; Rural Maryland Council, 2003-07; Seafood Marketing Advisory Commission, 2003-07; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 2003-07; State Soil Conservation Committee, 2003-07. Co-Chair, Interagency Nutrient Reduction Oversight Committee, 2003-07. Board of Directors, Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation, 2004-07. Member, Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2004-07. Chair, Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, 2005-07; Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2006-07. Member, Maryland Pandemic Influenza Coordinating Committee, 2006-07.
Poultryman and businessman. Member, County Council, Wicomico County, 1966-78 (president, four years; vice-president, four years). President, Maryland Association of Counties, 1973. Member (50 years) and past president, Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Department. Member, Wicomico County Farm Bureau. Former member, Advisory Board, First National Bank. President, Beaver Run Farms, Inc., a family farm corporation operated with his son, producing grain, swine, cattle, and poultry. Board of Directors, Delmarva Poultry Industry. Director, Farmers and Planters Company. Member, Building Fund Board, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, 2005-. Man of the Year, Maryland Grain Producers, 1996. Distinguished Citizen Award, Delmarva Poultry Industry, 1997. Friend of the Industry, Maryland Egg Council, 2003. Member, Society of Senates Past.
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