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MAJ. GEN. JAMES A. ADKINS, Adjutant General
Military Department
Fifth Regiment Armory, 219 29th Division St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2288
(410) 576-6000; fax: (410) 576-6079
e-mail: james.a.adkins@us.army.mil
web: www.mdmildep.org
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, May 16, 2007 to September 1, 2009. Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, May 9-16, 2007. Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2004-2006 (acting deputy secretary, 2003-04).
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2007-; Programs and Events Advisory Committee of Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, 2009-; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2010-; Governor’s Warrior to Worker Council, 2010-.
Member, Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans, 2007-08; Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in Military Service Monument, 2007-08; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, 2007-09; State Coordinating Committee for Human Services Transportation, 2007-09; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2008-09. Chair, Governor's Commission on Military Monuments, 2008-09 (member, 2007-09). Member, Veterans Behavioral Health Advisory Board, 2008-11.
Born in Cambridge, Maryland, May 1, 1954. University of the State of New York, B.A. (sociology), 1984; Washington College, M.A. (history), 1991. Served in U.S. Army/Maryland National Guard, 1975-1997 (legion of merit; maryland distinguished service cross; order of the white cross, republic of estonia). Graduate, Defense Language Institute (russian), 1976; U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, 1987; U.S. Army War College, 1996. Chair, Board of Trustees, James B. Richardson Foundation & Museum, 2003-04. Board of Trustees, Dorchester County Historical Society, 2003-06. Community Association Committee, Dorchester General Hospital, 2005-. Board of Directors, Terrapin Institute, 2005-. Member, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc. Member, Association of the United States Army; National Guard Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; American Veterans (AMVETS); U.S. Army War College Alumni Association; 2nd Armored Division Association; Military Intelligence Corps Association.
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