Society of Senates Past
Roster

GEORGE E. SNYDER
Democrat, District 1A.

Member of Senate, 1959-74. Chair, Aviation, Roads, and Transportation Committee, 1963-66. Chair, Correctional Administration Committee, 1965-68. Chair, Taxation and Fiscal Matters Committee, 1965-68. Chair, Special Joint Committee on Prisons, 1967. Chair, Finance Committee, 1971-74. Member, Legislative Council, 1971-74. Majority Leader, 1971-74.

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. Member, National Society of Legislators. Member, Hagerstown Kiwanis Club. Past President, Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce. Former Member, Board of Directors and Membership Chairman, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1958. Member Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce; Elks; United Commercial Travelers. Received Clayton Frost Award, 1957, as Outstanding State Junior Chamber of Commerce President in the Nation. Received Legislator of the Year Award from Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., 1972. Named State Official of the Year, 1967, by Maryland Municipal League.

Born in Hagerstown, January 12, 1929. Attended Hagerstown public schools; University of Maryland. Businessman and consultant.

Compiled from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives, February 11, 1999