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WAYNE A. CAWLEY, JR. (1923-2008)
Secretary of Agriculture, 1979-91
Secretary of Agriculture, 1979 to November 1, 1991. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1979-91; Governor's International Cabinet, 1988-91. Board of Regents, University of Maryland System, 1979-91. Member, Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 1979-91; Maryland Food Center Authority, 1979-91; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 1979-91; State Soil Conservation Committee, 1979-91; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 1980-91; State Development Council, 1980-91. Chair, Governor's Task Force to Streamline State Government, 1981. Member, Emergency Management Advisory Council, 1981-91 ; State Use Industries Advisory Committee, 1981-91; Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission, 1984-91; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay, 1985-91; State Trade Policy Council, 1985-91; Mid-Atlantic Poultry Health Council, 1987-91; Governor's Commission on Growth in the Chesapeake Region, 1989-91; Executive Task Force to Study the Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 1991.
Born in Denton, Maryland, October 4, 1923. Attended Caroline High School, Denton, Maryland; Washington College, B.A. (economics), 1948. Attended University of Maryland School of Law. Served in 82nd Airborne Division's 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II with combat service in European Theater.
Farmer for over thirty years; operated with sons a 1,000-acre grain farm on Eastern Shore. Former controller and vice-president, Denton National Bank, and director of Bank's Farm Department. Past president, Rotary. Past vice-president, Caroline County Farm Bureau. Leader, Tuckahoe 4-H Club. Treasurer, Denton Boy Scouts. President, Parent Teacher Association, Caroline High School. Member, Vocational School Committee and Adult Education Committee, Chesapeake College; Tri-County Crop Improvement Association. Past president, Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Past president and secretary-treasurer, Southern U.S. Trade Association. Named Caroline County's "Outstanding Farmer" in 1974; State Administrator of the Year, 1990. Maryland Man of the Year, Progressive Farmer magazine, 1991. Widower; five children; ten grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Died in Denton, Maryland, June 9, 2008.
To honor Mr. Cawley, the Department of Agriculture Building at 50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland was designated the Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., Building by the Board of Public Works in October 1991.
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