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LEWIS R. RILEY, Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture since 1994. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, 1992-94.
Member, County Council, Wicomico County, 1966-78 (president, four years; vice-president, four years).
Member, House of Delegates, 1979-87. Minority Whip, 1982-87. Member, Environmental Matters Committee; Ways and Means Committee.
Member, State Senate, 1987-92. Member, Finance Committee, 1987-89; Budget and Taxation Committee, 1990-92; Joint Committee on Investigation.
Member, Board of Regents, University of Maryland System, 1994-; Governor's Executive Council, 1994-; Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 1994-; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay, 1994-; Maryland Food Center Authority, 1994-; Governor's Pesticide Council, 1994-; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 1994-; State Soil Conservation Committee, 1994-; Citizens Advisory Board for Holly Center; Delmarva Advisory Council.
Born in Parsonsburg, Maryland, February 19, 1935. Graduate of Wicomico Senior High School. Farmer; poultryman; businessman. President, Maryland Association of Counties, 1973. Member and past president, Parsonsburg Volunteer Fire Department. Member, Wicomico Farm Bureau. Advisory Board, First National Bank. President, Beaver Run Farms, Inc., a family farm corporation operated with his son, producing grain, swine, and poultry. Board of Directors, Delmarva Poultry Industry. Director, Farmers and Planters Company.
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