serviceyears branch lieutenant death_date children birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize battles term_start order rank image name predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
1942 -- 1979 united states army -lrb- 1942 -- 1946 -rrb- melvin steinberg 18 april 2011 none 2 november 1921 charlestown retirement community , catonsville , maryland 1987 1971 1971 january 18 , 1995 january 22 , 2007 baltimore class of 1939 ; university of baltimore city college -lrb- high school -rrb- , centennial catonsville , maryland 212px world war ii 1971 1967 1955 january 21 , 1987 january 25 , 1999 58th 32nd colonel william_donald_schaefer . jpg william donald schaefer thomas swann d'alesandro harry r. hughes 31st - robert l. baltimore , maryland , united states democratic 44th maryland president , baltimore city council baltimore city council mayor of baltimore governor of maryland comptroller of clarence franchot h. burns parris n. glendening 33rd - peter episcopalian church -lrb- baltimore , maryland -rrb- -lrb- member , old st. paul 's episcopal william donald schaefer

william donald schaefer

william donald schaefer -lrb- november 2 , 1921april 18 , 2011 -rrb- was an american politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in maryland .
a democrat , he was mayor of baltimore from december 1971 to january 1987 , the 58th governor of maryland from january 21 , 1987 to january 18 , 1995 , and the 32nd comptroller of maryland from january 20 , 1999 to january 17 , 2007 .
on september 12 , 2006 , schaefer was defeated in his reelection bid for a third term as comptroller by maryland delegate peter franchot in the democratic party primary .
