Robert L. Swann (born December 4, 1935) served as comptroller of the State of Maryland in the United States. He was appointed to the position following the death of his long-serving predecessor Louis L. Goldstein in 1998 and served until 1999 when ex-governor William Donald Schaefer was elected by the people of Maryland to the office. Swann retired from state service in 1999 after 39 years in the comptrollers office.
Swann went on to serve as a Calvert County commissioner from 2000 through 2004. He was a member of the Executive Board of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland from 1999 through 2007 and served as interim executive director of the Council in 2000 and 2006. He has served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Calvert Marine Museum, president of the Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Asbury-Solomons Retirement Center and secretary of the Patuxent Partnership. He is a member of the Executive Board and past president of the Solomons Civic Association. He is a life member and past commodore of the Solomons Island Yacht Club. He serves on the Vestry of Middleham-St.Peters Episcopal Parish.
Swann was the recipient of the Patterson Prize in recognition of his support for the establishment of the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in Calvert County. In 1999, he was named State Employee of the year by the Maryland Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.
He resides with his wife, Dorothy DeBoy Swann in Solomons Island, Maryland.
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