John D. Jefferies (1928-2011)
MSA SC 3520-2662
Biography:
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, June 19, 1928. Attended Dunbar High School, Baltimore. Attended University of Baltimore, motion & time study; International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers Leadership Schools I and II, Rutgers University; Community College of Baltimore, labor relations & arbitration; Essex Community College, semantics & communications; University of Pennsylvania, M.N.P.L., political science; University of Wisconsin, collective bargaining; George Meany Institute, preparation & preservation of arbitration. Married; four children. Died February 3, 2011.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Baltimore City, 1988-94. Member, Environmental
Matters Committee. Member, Tort and Insurance Reform Oversight Committee,
1993. Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 1992-93. Senate,
District 44, 1998-99. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 1998-99.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Assistant
secretary for administration, Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation,
1994-. Directing business representative, International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO. Member, Democratic
State Central Committee, 1975-88; delegate, Metropolitan Baltimore Council,
AFL-CIO Unions, 1968-, recording secretary, 1971-80, financial secretary-treasurer,
1980-94; Area vice-president, Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO,
1973-94; president, Maryland-District of Columbia State Council of Machinists,
1984-, executive vice-president 1973-84; Member, Industrial Relations Research
Association; Member, Liquor Board, Baltimore City, 1983-87; Citizens Advisory
Board for Vocational Education, Baltimore City Public Schools. Thirty-third
degree Mason; Shriner; Member, St. John's A.M.E. Church, Baltimore. Member,
Society of Senate's Past.
Return to John D. Jefferies' Introductory Page
©
Copyright Maryland State Archives