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NANCY S. GRASMICK, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools
Assistant Superintendent, 1978-85, and Associate Superintendent, 1985-89, Baltimore County Public Schools.
Special Secretary for Children, Youth, and Families, 1989-95. Member, Governor's Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families, 1989-; Governor's Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, 1990-; State Coordinating Council (for residential placement of handicapped children), 1990-.
Secretary of Juvenile Services, 1991. Chair, Educational Coordinating Council for Correctional Institutions, 1991-.
State Superintendent of Schools, 1991-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 1991-; Governor's Work Force Investment Board, 1991-. Chair, Cabinet Council for Career and Technology Education, 1993-. Member, State Information Technology Board, 1993-; Maryland Advisory Council for New Americans, 1994-; Commission on Women's Health, 1994-; Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-; Governor's Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families Systems Reform, 1996; Task Force on Education Funding Equity, Accountability, and Partnerships, 1997-98; Governor's Pesticide Council, 1997-; Maryland Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families, 1998-; Task Force on School Construction Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Programs, 1998-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland State Teachers College at Towson, B.S., 1961; Gallaudet University, M.S., 1965; The Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., 1979. Principal, Chatsworth School, 1974-78. Professional Advisory Board, Metropolitan Baltimore Association of Learning Disabled Children. President, Child Care Foundation. Chair, Advisory Council, The Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies. Phi Delta Kappa, The Johns Hopkins University. Board of Directors, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Humanitarian Award, March of Dimes, 1990. National Educational Administrator of the Year Award, 1992. Vernon E. Anderson Distinguished Lecture Award, University of Maryland, 1992. Distinguished Alumna of the Year, The Johns Hopkins University, 1992. Educator of the Year, American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES), 1996. Award for Professional Excellence in the Advancement of Public Understanding of the Law, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1996.
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