| Lucille Maurer | |
| Office: | 21st Treasurer of Maryland |
| Governor: | William Donald Schaefer Parris Glendening |
| Term Start: | 1987 |
| Term End: | 1996 |
| Predecessor: | William S. James |
| Successor: | Richard N. Dixon |
| Office2: | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates |
| Term2: | 1969-1987 |
| Birth Name: | Lucille Darvin |
| Birth Date: | 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Rockland County, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Ely Maurer |
| Children: | 3 |
Lucille Maurer (née Darvin; 1922 – June 17, 1996) was the first woman Treasurer of Maryland.
Maurer graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and she worked as an economist at the U.S. Tariff Commission.[1] She obtained a Master of Arts in General Studies from Yale University and moved to Montgomery County, Maryland in 1950.[2]
In 1969, Maurer was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates after serving two terms on the county school board.[2] She was re-elected to several terms, serving as a member of the Ways and Means Committee for sixteen years and chairing the Education Committee and the Tax and Trade Committee.[1] She was known for her work on educational issues, devising a formula to equalize public education funding by increasing state funds for poorer jurisdictions.[3]
Maurer ran for the State Senate in 1986 and lost.[3] In 1987, she was elected by the General Assembly to serve as the state treasurer, winning over Governor Schaefer's favored candidate.[2] She was the 21st elected treasurer of Maryland, and the first woman to serve in that role.[1]
As treasurer for nine years, Maurer implemented modern bookkeeping processes and was praised for her management of the state's stock portfolio.[2]
After being hospitalized with a brain tumor, Maurer resigned from her position in January 1996.[3] She died at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland on June 17, 1996.[2] [4]