Neal Potter
| Neal Potter | |
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| Montgomery County Council | |
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In office 1970–1986 |
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| 4th Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland | |
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In office 1990–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Sidney Kramer |
| Succeeded by | Doug Duncan |
| Montgomery County Council | |
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In office 1994–1998 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 22, 1915 |
| Died | May 27, 2008 (aged 93) Asbury Methodist Village Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | Politician, economist |
Neal Potter (March 22, 1915 – May 27, 2008) was an American Democratic politician from Maryland, who served as fourth executive of Montgomery County, Maryland from 1990 to 1994.
Potter grew up in Montgomery County and graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Potter's early interest in engineering changed to economics and political science when he entered Johns Hopkins University in 1933. He received his B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) and M.A. in political science and economics from the University of Minnesota. He went on to perform graduate work in public finance at the University of Chicago.
An economist with the U.S. Office of Price Administration from 1941 to 1946, he went on to teach economics at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1946 to 1947, and at Washington State College in Pullman, Washington, from 1947 to 1951. Potter held the post of Western Field Director for the World Federalists organization from 1952 to 1954, and in 1955 joined Resources of the Future, Inc. serving as a research associate until 1974. His publications include: Trends in U.S. Natural Resource Commodities 1870-1957, World Prospects for Natural Resources, Natural Resource Potential of the Antarctic, written after an expedition to the Antarctic, and contributions to Goals, Priorities, and Dollars, and The Population Dilemma.
Prior to his election to the Montgomery County Council, Potter was involved in a variety of civic activities. In 1960, he was the principal organizer of the Citizens Committee for Fair Taxation. He served as president of the Montgomery County Citizens Planning Association (1965 to 1967) and as its editor (1968 to 1969). He also served as co-chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Coalition for Clean Air, as a board member of the Capital Area United Nations Association, and as vice president of the World Federalist Organization.
First elected to the County Council in 1970, he won reelection in all subsequent election years until 1986, serving three times as Council president. Running for the office of County Executive in 1990, Potter defeated incumbent Sidney Kramer in the Democratic primaries and served one term in that position from 1990 to 1994. In 1994 he returned to the legislative branch of County government, having been elected Councilmember-at-large.
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