Bob Ehrlich was raised by two loving parents in the working class suburb of Arbutus, just outside of Baltimore. His father, Bob, Sr., was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and a car salesman. His mother Nancy was a legal secretary.
Bob earned athletic scholarships to the Gilman School in Baltimore and later to Princeton University. In 1979, he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Politics from Princeton, where he also captained the freshman and varsity football teams. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University in 1982, where he worked his way through school as a Graduate Assistant under coaches John Mackovich and Al Groh.
After returning home to Maryland, he rose through the state legislature and the U.S. Congress to become Maryland’s first Republican Governor in 36 years in 2002.
His tenure as governor led to broad improvements in Maryland’s quality of life, including:
Balanced budgets and a stronger economy: He improved Maryland’s fiscal condition by turning $4 billion in inherited budget deficits into a budget surplus. His pro-growth economic policies helped create 100,000 new private sector jobs and he defeated $7.5 billion in taxes proposed by the Maryland General Assembly. He is an advocate for Maryland’s world-class technology economy, enacting policies that positioned Maryland as a national leader in education, biotechnology, health care, and minority business advancement.
TEXT CREDIT: BOB EHRLICH FOR MARYLAND
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