FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE

J. HUGH NICHOLS
County Executive (Democrat), 1978-86

County Executive, Howard County, 1978-86. Member, Regional Planning Council, 1978-86. Chair, Baltimore Regional Planning Council.

Member, Charter Board, Howard County, 1966-68. Chair, Planning Commission, Howard County, 1968.

Member, County Council, Howard County, 1968-70.

Member, House of Delegates, representing Howard County (District 14B), 1971-78. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1971-78 (chair, subcommittee on public safety & transportation, 1971-74; chair, subcommittee on state services, 1975-76); Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 1973-78; Joint Subcommittee on the Capital Budget, 1976. Chair, National Legislative Conference Committee on Legislative Information Needs, 1974.

Born in Sprott, Alabama, November 27, 1930. Attended Alabama public schools; University of Alabama, A.B. (political science & history), 1957; The American University, M.A. (public administration), 1967. Manager of data processing and computing business. President, Maryland Association of Counties, 1986. Member, American Political Science Association; Academy of Political and Social Sciences; American Association for Advancement of Science; Urban Regional Information Systems Association. Director, Regional Economic Development, Energy Corporation of Louisiana. Member, Southern Growth Policy Board, representing Alabama. Member, Optimist International. Married.

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