Spiro T. Agnew (1918-1996)
MSA SC 3520-1486
Governor of Maryland, 1967-1969
Vice President of the U.S., 1969-1973 (Republican)
Born: November 9, 1918, Baltimore City1
Father: Theodore S. Agnew, born in Greece in 18762
Mother: Margaret Akers3
Education:
Graduated, Johns Hopkins University, 1940
LL.B., University of Baltimore Law School, 19474
Military Service:
Company Combat Commandant for the 10th Armored Division, U.S. Army,
World
War II
Awarded Bronze Star
Recalled to service for one year during the Korean War5
Marriage: May 27, 1942 to Elinor
Isobel Judefind in Elizabethtown, KY6
Children: Pamela, Susan, Kimberly, Randy7
Religion: Episcopalian8
Positions held:
Admitted to the bar, 1949
Served an apprenticeship with firm of Karl F. Steinmann
Practiced law, Towson
Member, Zoning Board of Appeals, Baltimore County, 1957
Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, 1958-1961
County Executive, Baltimore County, 1962-1966
Governor of Maryland, 1967-1969 (resigned to become Vice President of
the
U.S.)
Member, Executive Committee, National Governors' Conference,
vice-chairman
of Conference's Committee
on State-Urban Relations
Advisory Committee on Inter-Governmental Affairs, appointed 1968
Vice President of the U.S., 1969-1973 (resigned)
Social Activities:
Order
of Ahepa (Greek community organization)
Parkville post of the American Legion
Loch Raven Kiwanis Club10
Died: September 17, 1996, Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, MD11
Burial: Dulaney Valley
Memorial Gardens, Timonium, MD12
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