Gloria Jean Wolberg Roesser | |
Office: | Secretary of Aging of Maryland |
Term Start: | January 15, 2003 |
Term End: | January 17, 2007 |
Governor: | Bob Ehrlich |
Predecessor: | Sue Fryer Ward |
Successor: | Gloria G. Lawlah |
State Senate1: | Maryland |
District1: | 15th |
Term Start1: | January 11, 1995 |
Term End1: | January 8, 2003 |
Predecessor1: | Laurence Levitan |
Successor1: | Robert J. Garagiola |
State Delegate2: | Maryland |
District2: | 15th |
Alongside2: | Judith C. Toth, Gene W. Counihan, Richard A. La Vay |
Term Start2: | January 14, 1987 |
Term End2: | January 11, 1995 |
Predecessor2: | Jerry H. Hyatt |
Successor2: | Jean B. Cryor Mark Kennedy Shriver |
Birth Date: | May 8, 1930 |
Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Death Place: | Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Trinity College Catholic University of America |
Occupation: | Journalist and politician |
Gloria Jean Wolberg Roesser (May 8, 1930 – October 2, 2017) was an American journalist and politician.
Roesser was born in Washington, D.C. She received her bachelor's degree in economics from Trinity College and took graduate courses in economics at the Catholic University of America. Roesser worked as a reporter for the Suburban Record newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland. She lived in Potomac, Maryland. Roesser was involved with the Republican Party. She served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1987 to 1995. She then served in the Maryland Senate from 1995 to 2003.[1] From 2004 to 2007, Roesser served as secretary for the Maryland Department of Aging. Roesser died from leukemia in a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.[2] [3] [4]