George Beall | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Maryland | |
In office June 1, 1970 – March 31, 1975 | |
President |
Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford |
Preceded by | Stephen H. Sachs |
Succeeded by | Jervis S. Finney |
Personal details | |
Born | George Beall VIII August 17, 1937 Frostburg, Maryland |
Died | January 15, 2017 Naples, Florida | (aged 79)
Spouses | Linda Jenkins
(
m. 1961, divorced)Nancy Roche
(
m. 1965, divorced)Carolyn Campbell (
m. 1980) |
Children | 1 |
Parent |
|
Relatives | J. Glenn Beall Jr. (brother) |
Education |
Princeton University (
BA) University of Virginia ( LLB) |
Occupation | Attorney, prosecutor |
Known for | Criminal prosecution of Spiro T. Agnew |
George Beall VIII (August 17, 1937 – January 15, 2017) was a prominent U.S. attorney. While serving as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, he prosecuted Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew for bribery. [1] This prosecution ultimately led to Agnew's resignation as Vice President in 1973. [1]
Beall was born in Frostburg, Maryland, on August 17, 1937, a son of James Glenn Beall and Margaret (Schwarzenbach) Beall. [1] His siblings included John Glenn Beall Jr. [2] [1]
Beall received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1959; and his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, [1] in 1963. His first two marriages, to Linda Jenkins in 1961 and Nancy Roche in 1965, ended in divorces. [3] [4] In 1980, he married Carolyn Campbell. [4] He died in Naples, Florida, on January 15, 2017. [1]
After clerking for Chief Judge Simon E. Sobeloff of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Beall became a trial lawyer for a Maryland law firm. [5] In 1968, Spiro Agnew, the Governor of Maryland at the time, appointed Beall, a fellow Republican, to the Maryland Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. [6] [1]
Beall was appointed United States attorney in June 1970, [1] initially on an interim basis. [7] Though he had never prosecuted a single case, Beall proved to be, in the words of his predecessor, a "tough act to follow" as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland: [3] among other cases and investigations, he indicted and prosecuted Arthur Bremer for the shooting of presidential candidate, and Governor of Alabama, George Wallace; as well as a state legislator turned drug dealer; and Spiro Agnew, by then the Vice President of the United States. [4]
Two years after Beall took office, he opened an investigation into corruption in Baltimore County of public officials and architects, engineers, and paving contractors. [1] One contractor, Lester Matz, stated that he had been paying "Agnew kickbacks in exchange for contracts for years — first when Agnew was the Baltimore County Executive, then when he was Governor of Maryland and Vice President." [1] Another witness, Jerome B. Wolff, head of Maryland's roads commission, stated that his attic was filled with documentation that detailed "every corrupt payment he participated in with then-Governor Agnew." [1]
Despite being pressured by the White House and his brother (now a senator), Beall continued to allow his investigators to continue their work. [8] Agnew resigned as Vice President and pleaded no contest to tax evasion in the sum of $13,551.47 for 1967. [1] He was fined $10,000 and avoided prison time. [1]
Beall resigned on March 31, 1975, [9] and returned to private practice, specializing in commercial litigation. [1] His clients included the Baltimore Ravens while owned by Art Modell. [1]
In 1978, he worked as campaign chairman for his brother's failed run for Governor of Maryland. [10]
George Beall | |
---|---|
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland | |
In office June 1, 1970 – March 31, 1975 | |
President |
Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford |
Preceded by | Stephen H. Sachs |
Succeeded by | Jervis S. Finney |
Personal details | |
Born | George Beall VIII August 17, 1937 Frostburg, Maryland |
Died | January 15, 2017 Naples, Florida | (aged 79)
Spouses | Linda Jenkins
(
m. 1961, divorced)Nancy Roche
(
m. 1965, divorced)Carolyn Campbell (
m. 1980) |
Children | 1 |
Parent |
|
Relatives | J. Glenn Beall Jr. (brother) |
Education |
Princeton University (
BA) University of Virginia ( LLB) |
Occupation | Attorney, prosecutor |
Known for | Criminal prosecution of Spiro T. Agnew |
George Beall VIII (August 17, 1937 – January 15, 2017) was a prominent U.S. attorney. While serving as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, he prosecuted Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew for bribery. [1] This prosecution ultimately led to Agnew's resignation as Vice President in 1973. [1]
Beall was born in Frostburg, Maryland, on August 17, 1937, a son of James Glenn Beall and Margaret (Schwarzenbach) Beall. [1] His siblings included John Glenn Beall Jr. [2] [1]
Beall received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1959; and his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, [1] in 1963. His first two marriages, to Linda Jenkins in 1961 and Nancy Roche in 1965, ended in divorces. [3] [4] In 1980, he married Carolyn Campbell. [4] He died in Naples, Florida, on January 15, 2017. [1]
After clerking for Chief Judge Simon E. Sobeloff of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Beall became a trial lawyer for a Maryland law firm. [5] In 1968, Spiro Agnew, the Governor of Maryland at the time, appointed Beall, a fellow Republican, to the Maryland Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. [6] [1]
Beall was appointed United States attorney in June 1970, [1] initially on an interim basis. [7] Though he had never prosecuted a single case, Beall proved to be, in the words of his predecessor, a "tough act to follow" as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland: [3] among other cases and investigations, he indicted and prosecuted Arthur Bremer for the shooting of presidential candidate, and Governor of Alabama, George Wallace; as well as a state legislator turned drug dealer; and Spiro Agnew, by then the Vice President of the United States. [4]
Two years after Beall took office, he opened an investigation into corruption in Baltimore County of public officials and architects, engineers, and paving contractors. [1] One contractor, Lester Matz, stated that he had been paying "Agnew kickbacks in exchange for contracts for years — first when Agnew was the Baltimore County Executive, then when he was Governor of Maryland and Vice President." [1] Another witness, Jerome B. Wolff, head of Maryland's roads commission, stated that his attic was filled with documentation that detailed "every corrupt payment he participated in with then-Governor Agnew." [1]
Despite being pressured by the White House and his brother (now a senator), Beall continued to allow his investigators to continue their work. [8] Agnew resigned as Vice President and pleaded no contest to tax evasion in the sum of $13,551.47 for 1967. [1] He was fined $10,000 and avoided prison time. [1]
Beall resigned on March 31, 1975, [9] and returned to private practice, specializing in commercial litigation. [1] His clients included the Baltimore Ravens while owned by Art Modell. [1]
In 1978, he worked as campaign chairman for his brother's failed run for Governor of Maryland. [10]