Society of Senates Past
Roster

JOHN R. JEWELL
Democrat, Kent County.

Born in Lynch, June 18, 1914.  Attended Kent County public schools.  Died in Boca Raton, Florida, January 22, 1999.

General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1950-57.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Trucking, farm equipment, automobile, grain, dairy, and fertilizer businesses, 1934-1950s.  Secretary-Treasurer, Del-Mar-Va Farm Equipment Association, 1940-41.  Director, Chestertown Bank of Maryland, 1945.  Member, Kent County School Building Commission, 1946; Kent County School Building Commission, 1947.  Incorporated Jewell Brothers, Inc., 1948; President, 1948-1954.  Officer, Automobile Trade Association of Maryland, 1940s.  Incorporated Jewell Grain Company, 1952.  Commissioner, Department of Tidewater Fisheries, 1956-59.   Incorporated Jewell Chemical Corporation, 1958; President.  Commissioner, Moter Vehicle Administration, 1959.  Head, Department of Licensing and Regulation, 1970-1976.

Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and from obituary, Kent County News, 28 January 1999.