Jeanne Dorsey Mandel

Jeanne Dorsey Mandel
Jeanne Dorsey Mandel
First Lady of Maryland
	In role; August 13, 1974 – June 4, 1977
Preceded by	Barbara Oberfeld Mandel
Succeeded by	Mimi Lee (acting)
	In role; January 15, 1979 – January 17, 1979
Preceded by	Mimi Lee
Succeeded by	Patricia Donoho Hughes
Personal details
Born	Jeanne Blackistone; May 11, 1937[1]; Leonardtown, Maryland, U.S.[1]
Died	October 6, 2001 (aged 64)[1]; Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.[1]
Resting place	Lakemont Memorial Gardens, Davidsonville, Maryland[2]
Spouse(s)	Walter B. Dorsey (m. 1955[1] – 1969 div.[3]),; Marvin Mandel (m. August 13, 1974)[1]
Relations	Nehemiah Blakiston (Governor of Maryland colony, 1690–1692,[1]; Nathaniel Blakiston (royal governor of Maryland colony, 1698–1702),[1]; John Blakiston (c. 1603–1649, a regicide of King Charles I of England),[1]; William J. Blakistone (Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates,[1] 1834 and 1847)
Children	Philip, Helen, John, and Paul (all during her first marriage)[1]
Alma mater	Strayer College[1]
Profession	Politician[1]

Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel (May 11, 1937 – October 6, 2001) was a First Lady of Maryland and second wife of former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel, whom she had met in January 1963.[3] She was a native of Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland. She died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease).[1]

Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey was elected as one of Leonardtown's Town Commissioners in 1968, the first woman elected to public office in St. Mary's County. She served two consecutive two-year terms in that office while holding the position of Leonardtown's first female police commissioner. She also served for two years as vice-chair of the Southern Maryland Municipal League and as a member of the Board of Parks and Recreation of St. Mary's County.[1]

Her son, John Dorsey, is a former general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns.[4]

References

"Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel". www.msa.md.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
"Jeanne Blackistone Mandel". findagrave.com. March 22, 2004. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
Hosler, Karen (February 11, 2001). "Forever after". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
Cabot, Mary Kay (September 10, 2018). "John Dorsey: How getting blindsided by the Chiefs prepared him to remake the Browns". cleveland.com. Retrieved December 25, 2018.

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[msa-1] "Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel". www.msa.md.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2008-08-11.

[2] "Jeanne Blackistone Mandel". findagrave.com. March 22, 2004. Retrieved 2008-08-02.

[sun-3] Hosler, Karen (February 11, 2001). "Forever after". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2013-01-18.

[4] Cabot, Mary Kay (September 10, 2018). "John Dorsey: How getting blindsided by the Chiefs prepared him to remake the Browns". cleveland.com. Retrieved December 25, 2018.