Spellman, Gladys Noon, 1918-1988

Gladys Noon Spellman March 1, 1918, New York City, NY – June 19, 1988, Rockville, MD; graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and graduate school with the United States Department of Agriculture; a teacher, and taught in Prince George's County, Maryland, schools; appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in 1967; served in Congress 1975-1981 for MD's 5th district; Baltimore–Washington Parkway, a scenic north-south highway in Maryland, is dedicated to Spellman, as is Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School, located in Cheverly, Maryland