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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

SECRETARIES

FORMER SECRETARIES

RICHARD A. BATTERTON
Secretary of Human Resources, 1975-79

Secretary of Human Resources, 1975 to January 1979.

Superintendent, Maryland Children's Center, Catonsville, 1962-65. Assistant Director for Delinquency Services, State Department of Public Welfare, 1965-66. Director, Department of Juvenile Services, 1966-69. Deputy Director, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 1969-73. Member, Task Force on Fleet Management, 1971-73. Director, Office of Energy Policy, 1973-75.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1975-79; Commission on the Concerns of Spanish-Speaking People, 1975-1979. Chair, State Manpower Planning Council, 1975-79. Chair, Jobs for Veterans Commission, 1975-79. Member, Task Force to Study Legislation involving Mandatory Deposits on Beverage Containers, 1976-77.

Assistant State Superintendent, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, State Department of Education, 1981-91.

Born in Billings, Montana, 1929. University of Washington, B.A. (sociology), 1951, M.A. (social work), 1954. Vice-President, University Research Corp., Chevy Chase, 1979-80. Director of Corporate and Foundation Giving, United Jewish Appeal, Inc., 1991-94. Interim Executive Director, League for People with Disabilities, 1996-98. Member, Beth Am Synagogue, Baltimore. Married; five children, five grandchildren. Died in Baltimore, Maryland, November 20, 2006.

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