Lucille Maurer (née Darvin; 1922 – June 17, 1996) was the first woman Treasurer of Maryland.
Life
Maurer graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and she worked as an economist at the U.S. Tariff Commission.[1] She obtained a Master of Arts in General Studies from Yale University and moved to Montgomery County, Maryland in 1950.[2]
In 1969, Maurer was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates after serving two terms on the county school board.[2] She was re-elected to several terms, serving as a member of the Ways and Means Committee for sixteen years and chairing the Education Committee and the Tax and Trade Committee.[1] She was known for her work on educational issues, devising a formula to equalize public education funding by increasing state funds for poorer jurisdictions.[3]
Maurer ran for the State Senate in 1986 and lost.[3] In 1987, she was elected by the General Assembly to serve as the state treasurer, winning over Governor Schaefer's favored candidate.[2] She was the 21st elected treasurer of Maryland, and the first woman to serve in that role.[1]
As treasurer for nine years, Maurer implemented modern bookkeeping processes and was praised for her management of the state's stock portfolio.[2]
After being hospitalized with a brain tumor, Maurer resigned from her position in January 1996.[3] She died at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland on June 17, 1996.[2][4]
References
- ^ a b c "Lucille Maurer". Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. Maryland Women's Heritage Center. January 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Claudia Levy; Manuel Perez-Rivas (June 18, 1996). "Former Maryland Treasurer Lucille Maurer Dies at 73". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b c Sarris, Marina (January 4, 1996). "Illness prompts state treasurer to resign Lucille Maurer, 73, has been in public service since 1960s". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ "Lucille Maurer, 73, Treasurer of Maryland". The New York Times. June 19, 1996.
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