Gladys Noon Spellman

A Representative from Maryland. Born Gladys Blossom Noon in New York, New York, March 1, 1918. Attended public schools in New York City and Washington, D. C. Attended George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Graduate school, United States Department of Agriculture. Taught in Prince Georges (Md. ) County schools. Member, Prince Georges County Board of Commissioners, 1962-1970. Councilwoman at large, 1971-1974. Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1967. President, National Association of Counties, 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses. H. Res. 80, 97th Congress, adopted February 24, 1981, declared the seat vacant due to an incapacitating illness (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981). Died on June 19, 1988, in Rockville, Md. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.