George E. Snyder (1929-)
MSA SC 3520-2746
Biography:
Born in Hagerstown, January 12, 1929. Attended Hagerstown public
schools; University of Maryland (Business and Public Administration); University
of Maryland Law School.
Married; six children; nine grandchildren.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1959-74. Chair, Aviation, Roads, and Transportation
Committee, 1963-66; Correctional Administration Committee, 1965-68; Taxation
and Fiscal Matters Committee,
1965-68; Special Joint Committee on Prisons, 1967; Finance Committee,
1971-74. Member, Legislative Council, 1971-74. Majority Leader,
1971-74.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Businessman and consultant. Ex Officio Member, Washington County
Economic Development Commission; Member, Coordinating Council of Correctional
Services, 1968-69. Chair,
Governor's Commission on Abandonment and Recycling of Motor Vehicles.
Member, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church; National Society of Legislators;
Hagerstown Kiwanis
Club. Past President, Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Member, National Jacyee Board of Directors; Past National Membership Chairman
and Junior Chamber International
Senator. Past President, National Taxpayers Union. Past
National Director of the Constitutional Amendment for a Federal Balanced
Budget. Member, Hagerstown Chamber of
Commerce; Elks; United Commercial Travelers. Received Clayton
Frost Award, 1958 as Outstanding State Junior Chamber of Commerce President
in the Nation. Named one of five
Outstanding Young Men of Maryland, 1959; Outstanding Young Man of Washington
County, 1959; Named State Official of the Year, 1967, by Maryland Municipal
League. Received
Legislator of the Year Award from Associated Builders and Contractors,
Inc., 1972.
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