DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET & FISCAL PLANNING
CHARLES L. BENTON, JR. (1916-2008)
Secretary of Budget & Fiscal Planning, 1987-94
Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning, 1987-94. Member, Task Force on Chesapeake Bay Ferries, 1987-88; State Advisory Council for Handicapped Individuals, 1987-91; Governor's Executive Council, 1987-94; Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1987-94; Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, 1987-94; Asbestos Oversight Committee, 1987-94; Capital Debt Affordabiliry Committee, 1987-94; Commission on Correctional Standards, 1987-94; Board of Trustees, Energy Overcharge Restitution Trust Fund, 1987-94; Advisory Commission on Federal-State-Local Relations, 1987-94; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1987-94; Procurement Advisory Council to Board of Public Works, 1987-94; Board of Trustees, Maryland State Retirement and Pension Systems, 1987-94; Board of Revenue Estimates, 1987-94; Interagency Committee on School Construction, 1987-94; State Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council, 1987-94; Maryland State Employees Risk Management Advisory Council, 1987-94; State Use Industries Advisory Committee, 1987-94. Chair, Board of Directors, Maryland Credit Union Insurance Corporation, 1987-94. Chair, Advisory Council to the Board of Public Works on Higher Education Facilities Acts, 1987-94. Member, Governor's Construction Industry Employers' Advisory Council, 1988-94; Subcommittee on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits of Governor's Commission on Health Care Policy and Financing, 1988-94; Governor's Commission on Growth in the Chesapeake Region, 1989-91. Chair, Maryland Underground Storage Tank Task Force, 1989-91. Member, Executive Study Commission on the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, 1990; Governor's Transportation Revenue Committee, 1990-91. Chair, Governor's Task Force to Study Maryland State Police Salaries, 1990-91. Member, Baltimore Convention Center Authority, 1990-94; Interdepartmental Committee on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits, 1990-94; Peabody Institute Oversight Committee, 1990-94; Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission, 1991-94; Maryland Advisory Council for Individuals with Disabilities, 1991-94; Governor's Commission on Emergency Medical Services, 1992; Committee to Develop Plan for Ending Placements of Children with Special Needs Outside Maryland, 1992; Governor's Commission on School Funding, 1993-94. Chair, Governor's Commission on Enhancing Public Services through Improved Interagency Co-operation, 1993-94. Member, Information Technology Board, 1993-94; Institutional Educator Pay Plan Committee, 1993-94; Interagency Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Committee, 1994; Governor's Subcabinet for Energy Management, 1994.
Professor of Accounting, University of Maryland, 1940-43. Comptroller, University of Maryland, 1943-46. Director of Finance and Business, University of Maryland, 1946-56.
Budget Director, Baltimore City, 1956-65. Member, Commission on State and County Finance, 1962-65. Director, Department of Finance, Baltimore City, 1965-86. Past trustee, Loan and Guaranty Programs, Baltimore City.
Chair, Board of Directors, Maryland Credit Union Insurance Corporation, 1977-86.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 20, 1916. Attended Baltimore City public schools; Glen Burnie High School, Glen Burnie, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (business administration & accounting), 1938, M.A. (economics), 1940. Board of Directors, Municipal Employees Credit Union, 1962-2008 (past chair). Past president and founder, Baltimore City Foundation. Past president, Lexington Market; Baltimore Yacht Basin. Past director, Baltimore Economic Development Corporation. Married; three children, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 22, 2008.
The Charles L. Benton, Jr., Building at 417 East Fayette St., Baltimore, was named in honor of Mr. Benton.
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