Jeanne Dorsey 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
Born
Jeanne Blackistone

May 11, 1937[1]
Leonardtown, Maryland, U.S.[1]
DiedOctober 6, 2001(2001-10-06) (aged 64)[1]
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)Walter B. Dorsey (m. 1955[1] – 1969 div.[2]),
Marvin Mandel (m. August 13, 1974)[1]
RelationsNehemiah 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)
ChildrenPhilip, Helen, John, and Paul (all during her first marriage)[1]
Alma materStrayer College[1]
ProfessionPolitician[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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel". www.msa.md.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  2. ^ a b 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.