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2nd wife of Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel
Jeanne Dorsey Mandel
First Lady of Maryland
In role
August 13, 1974 – June 4, 1977
Preceded byBarbara Oberfeld Mandel
Succeeded byMimi Lee (acting)
In role
January 15, 1979 – January 17, 1979
Preceded byMimi Lee
Succeeded byPatricia Donoho Hughes
Personal details
BornJeanne Blackistone
May 11, 1937
Leonardtown, Maryland, U.S.
DiedOctober 6, 2001(2001-10-06) (aged 64)
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Spouse(s)Walter B. Dorsey (m. 1955 – 1969 div.),
Marvin Mandel (m. August 13, 1974)
RelationsNehemiah Blakiston (Governor of Maryland colony, 1690–1692,
Nathaniel Blakiston (royal governor of Maryland colony, 1698–1702),
John Blakiston (c. 1603–1649, a regicide of King Charles I of England),
William J. Blakistone (Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1834 and 1847)
ChildrenPhilip, Helen, John, and Paul (all during her first marriage)
Alma materStrayer College
ProfessionPolitician

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. 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).

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.

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

References

  1. ^ "Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel". www.msa.md.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  2. ^ Hosler, Karen (February 11, 2001). "Forever after". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  3. 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.
Honorary titles
Preceded byBarbara Oberfeld Mandel First Lady of Maryland
August 13, 1974 – January 17, 1979 		Succeeded byPatricia Donoho Hughes


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