John T. Parran, Jr. (1926-2006)
MSA SC 3520-2736
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 5, 1926. Son of John Thomas Parran, Sr. and his wife, Sarah. Attended Charles County public schools; Charlotte Hall Academy; The Citadel; University of Maryland, B.A., 1950. Died, January 16, 2006, in La Plata, Maryland. Buried at Middleham Chapel, Lusby, Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, (D) Charles County, 1955-58. Senate, (D)
Charles County, 1959-66. Chair, Motor Vehicles Committee,
1961-66.
Chair, Legislative Council Committee to Study Automobile Inspections.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Army, 1944-46. Real estate and insurance
broker. President, Young Democrats of Charles County; Indian Head
Business Association. Vice-president, Charles County Junior
Chamber
of Commerce. Director, Charles County Chamber of Commerce.
Regional director, Boy Scouts of America. Founder, Tri-County
Council for Southern Maryland, 1964, with J. Frank Raley, Jr.. Chair,
Governor's
Patuxent
River Watershed Advisory Committee, 1969-72. Chair, Tri-County
Council
for Southern Maryland, 1971-74, member-at-large, 1971-2004.
Member, Democratic
State Central Committee of Maryland, 1971-84; Commission on Chesapeake
Bay Affairs, 1971-75; Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Zone Advisory
Commission,
1973-82; Potomac River Fisheries Commission, 1983-2004. Board of
trustees,
Charles County Community College (now the College of Southern
Maryland), 1971-91. Board of governors,
Southern
Maryland Higher Education Center, 1996-97. Member, Lions; Moose;
American Legion.
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