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| Name | Anthony S. Sarbanes |
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Salisbury, Maryland , United States |
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February 09, 1937
(87 years)
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| Info | Anthony Spyros Sarbanes was born in Salisbury, MD, on February 9, 1937, the son of Spyros and Matina Sarbanes. He attended public schools in Wicomico County, MD, and graduated from Wicomico High School in Salisbury in 1954. He graduated in 1958 with a B.A. in History from Western Maryland College, where he played varsity basketball for four years and also received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry through Army ROTC. He then attended the Infantry School, Officer Basic Course, and Airborne School at Fort Benning, GA, starting in January 1959. After completion of these schools, he served the remainder of his two years of active duty as an infantry officer in the 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, leaving active duty in January 1961. He completed his Master of Education from Western Maryland in 1968, and has earned 42 additional graduate credits from the University of Maryland College Park, University of Tennessee and Salisbury University.
Tony Sarbanes pursued a civilian career in public education beginning in February 1961, after completing his active military duty. He taught Social Studies and English on the junior and senior high school level at Wicomico Junior High School, Pittsville High School and Wicomico High School. Tony coached varsity basketball and soccer until his appointment as a Vice-Principal in 1965. He had a regular season record of 31-7 as the Wicomico High School basketball coach. He served as a Vice-Principal at Wicomico Junior High School from 1965-1968, and James M. Bennett High School from 1968-1971. In 1971, Tony became the Principal of Wicomico High School, where he served for three years. In 1974, he became the Principal responsible for opening Parkside High School where he served until 1980. In 1980, Tony was appointed as Director of Facilities for the Wicomico County Board of Education. In 1984, he was appointed Director of Logistics and in 1987 as Director of Finance and Logistics. He retired from that position in May 1989 with 28 years of service.
Tony Sarbanes was employed with Second National Federal Savings Bank as Vice-President of Administrative Services from 1989-1993. George, Miles and Buhr, Architects and Engineers, whose main office is in Salisbury, then employed him as Director of Business Development from May 1993 until his retirement in June 2002. In addition, he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Sylvan Learning System in Salisbury in 1996.
While pursuing active civilian and military careers, Tony has also had an interesting and varied career in many civic activities. He has contributed his time and talents to several community activities to include Chairman, National Conference of Christians and Jews; lifetime member, Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers; Optimist Club; Chairman, Wicomico County Addiction Advisory Council; Coach, Salvation Army Basketball; Coach, Senior Little League Baseball; Chairman, Wicomico County Department of Recreation and Parks; AHEPA (American Hellenic Education Progressive Association); Chairman, Board of Trustees, Chairman, Pastor Parish Committee, Lay Leader, and member, Administrative Board, Trinity United Methodist Church; Wicomico County Quarter Century Committee; Salisbury-Wicomico Arts Council; Salisbury Neighborhood Redevelopment Task Force; Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore; American Legion Post #64; Board of Directors, Wicomico County Historical Society; Chairman, Salisbury Neighborhood Housing Service; Wicomico County Chairman, United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore; President and Secretary, Delmarva Water Transport Committee; Lower Shore Private Industry Council; Hudson Health Services, Inc.; and Wicomico County Audit Committee.
The United Way recognized him as the outstanding volunteer in Wicomico County for 2000. The Consulting Engineers Council of Maryland awarded him the Community Service Award for 2000, for outstanding service to his community. He received the Distinguished Citizens Award 2001 from the Tri-County District of the Boy Scouts of America.
Tony Sarbanes entered the U.S. Army Reserve in February 1961, where he served in a variety of staff and command positions, including Infantry Company Command in Salisbury, Commander of the 370th Military Police Detachment in Seaford, DE, and 275th Supply and Service Battalion as Operations Officer, Executive Officer and ultimately Commander (December 1973-September 1976). In September 1976, he was selected to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff of the 97th U.S. Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) at Fort Meade, MD, which included 10,000 Army Reserve personnel. In January 1978, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and Administration of the 97th ARCOM until his selection as Chief of Staff in 1981. In September 1983, he was selected to serve as Deputy Director of Transportation, Energy and Troop Support, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, the Pentagon, and promoted to Brigadier General. In September 1987, he was selected to serve as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Mobilization and Training (IMA), the senior Army Reserve position in the Pentagon’s Logistics office. He was promoted to the rank of Major General on March 23, 1988. He retired from the U.S. Army Reserve on September 30, 1991 after 33 years of service.
During his military career, he completed many military schools, the two most senior being the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, and the Army War College, Carlisle (PA) Barracks.
His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Ten Year Device, Army Reserve Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Service Ribbon and Parachutist Badge.
He was elected to the Wicomico County Council in November 2002 with the largest vote total to date for an at-large position. He was selected to serve as the council President in December 2002. He also serves as the council representative on the Tri-County Council, SWED, Tourism Board and Recreation and Parks Commission.
Tony is married to the former Billye Parks of Salisbury, Maryland. They have two children, Beth Sheller, who is an elementary school teacher, and Jimmy, an attorney. His son-in-law is Garrett Sheller, an attorney, while his daughter-in-law is Margo Sarbanes, previously an elementary school teacher. Tony and his wife have two granddaughters, Zoë Elizabeth Sheller and Evelyn Anne Sarbanes and one grandson, Anthony Paul Sarbanes.
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