William C. Bevan (1927-2000)
MSA SC 3520-13220
Biography:
Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania in 1927. Attended Munhall High School, Munhall, Pennsylvania; Slippery Rock State College, B.S., 1951; University of Maryland, M Ed., school administration. Married Jean Bevan (divorced); five children: William, Jr., Jon, Matthew, Patricia, Ingrid. Married Joan Pitkin in 1996. Resided in Bowie. Died of heart failure November 4, 2000.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Howard, Prince George's Counties, 1983-90.
Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee. Chair, Howard
County Delegation, 1984-85. Member, Special Joint Oversight Committee
on Economic Development. Sponsored a 1986 bill that banned corporal
punishment in Maryland schools.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Air Force, 1945-47. Teacher, Prince George's County
public schools, 1950s. Principal, Greenbelt Junior High School; Laurel
Junior High School, 1961-76. Realtor associate, commercial-industrial.
Member and chair, board of directors, Greater Laurel-Beltsville Hospital
Foundation. Board of directors, Careerscope. President, Greenbelt
Lions Club; Prince George's County Core Teachers Association; Maryland
State Core Teachers Association; Prince George's County Secondary Principals'
Association; Southern Howard County Democratic Club. Chair, Parents
Booster Club, Laurel Beltway Wrestling Team. Secretary, 6th District
Democratic Club of Howard County. Member, American Legion; Veterans
of Foreign Wars. Deacon, Christian Community Presbyterian Church,
Bowie.
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