Victor Cushwa
Member of the Maryland Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
1978  January 1991
Preceded byJohn P. Corderman
Succeeded byPatricia Cushwa[1]
Donald F. Munson[2]
Public Service Commission
In office
July 1990  1991
Personal details
Born1925 (1925)
Hagerstown, U.S.
DiedAugust 19, 1991(1991-08-19) (aged 65–66)
Hagerstown, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePatricia Pascoe Cushwa
Alma materGeorgetown University
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branchU.S. Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

Victor Cushwa IV (1925  August 19, 1991) was a Democratic state senator representing Legislative District 2 in Western Maryland. In his 13 years as a member of the state Senate, he served as majority whip and chairman of the Rules Committee. He also served on the Constitutional and Public Law, Economic Affairs, and Finance committees. In 1989, Cushwa joined several other senators in a filibuster to block an abortion-rights bill, which eventually fell one vote shy of passing.[1]

Governor William Donald Schaefer appointed Cushwa to a five-year term on the state's utility-regulating Public Service Commission in July 1990 after Cushwa resigned from his state Senate seat. About a year after his appointment, Victor Cushwa died from lung cancer at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown at the age of 66; he continued his duties on the commission until shortly before his death.[3]

Born in Hagerstown, Cushwa served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1948, and later served for 20 years as production manager of the Cushwa Brick Co. in Williamsport. The Victor Cushwa Memorial Bridge at Sideling Hill in Western Maryland is named in his honor.

References

  1. 1 2 Levy, Claudia (August 21, 1991). "Victor Cushwa Dies at 66". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. Papenfuse, Edward C.; et al. "Archives of Maryland Historical List Senate, Legislative District 2". Archives of Maryland, Historical List, new series, Vol. 1. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  3. "Victor Cushwa, of Public Service Commission". The Baltimore Sun. August 21, 1991. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
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