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Mary R. Cathcart
Senior Policy Fellow,
Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy
Mary R. Cathcart served four terms
(1996-2004) as the State Senator representing communities in Penobscot
County and previously served three terms in the Maine House of
Representatives. Cathcart served on a number of legislative committees,
including Education and Cultural Affairs, Labor, Judiciary, and
Appropriations and Financial Affairs, which she chaired in 2003-2004. She
chaired the Joint Select Committee on Research and Development (1997-1999),
the Children's Mental Health Oversight Committee (1999-2001), and several
study commissions.
Outside of state government, Mary Cathcart
chaired the U.S. Commission on Child & Family Welfare (1995-1996), at
the appointment of former U.S. Senator George Mitchell. She currently serves
as a delegate to the New England Board of Higher Education, as a member of
the Maine Compact for Higher Education and as a Trustee of Eastern Maine
Medical Center.
Education
B.A. with Distinction
(English), Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
Contact Information
Office Location: Suite 28C, Coburn Hall
Telephone: (207) 581-1539
Fax: (207) 581-1266
E-mail: mary.cathcart@umit.maine.edu
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