Richard W. Mallary

A Representative from Vermont. Born in Springfield, Mass. , February 21, 1929. Educated at Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vt. A. B. , Dartmouth College, 1949. Operated a dairy farm in Fairlee, Vt. , 1950-1970. Elected chairman, Fairlee Board of Selectmen, 1951-1953. Member of the Vermont state house of representatives, 1961-1969, 1999-2003, served as speaker, 1966-1968. Member of the Vermont state senate, 1969-1970. Chairman, Vermont Legislative Council, 1965-1967. Delegate to Republican National Convention, 1968. Vice chairman, Governor's Committee on Administrative Coordination, 1969. Trustee and treasurer, Vermont State Colleges, 1962-1965. Vermont secretary of administration, 1971. Elected as a Republican, by special election, to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Robert T. Stafford, and reelected to the Ninety-third Congress (January 7, 1972-January 3, 1975). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate. Bank vice president in Springfield, Mass. , 1975-1977. Secretary of administration, State of Vermont, 1977-1980. Vice president, Central Vermont Public Service Corp. , 1980-1983. Chairman of the board of a heating company, 1984-1985. President, Vermont Electric Power Company, 1986-1994. Vermont state tax commissioner, January 2003-June 2003. Died on September 27, 2011, in Brookfield, Vt.