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Three months after a disappointing election showing for Maryland's Republican Party, Alex X. Mooney is stepping down as chairman. The former Frederick County state senator announced his plans Saturday in a leter to the state party's central committee. Mooney said "it is time for me to pursue other ventures. " The anouncement comes after a grueling election year in which Maryland Republicans -- in addition to absorbing an expected shellacking in the presidential race -- lost one of their two remaining congressional seats and saw three party-supported referendum efforts go down to defeat.

Manuel M. Nicolaides, an attorney who served for many years on the Baltimore County property tax appeals board, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Timonium resident was 92. "Manny served with distinction for many years on the Baltimore County Property Tax Assessment Appeals Board, including as its chairman," said attorney Peter G. Angelos. "I had the greatest affection for Manny, who was my friend for over half a century. "He was always upbeat, smiling and optimistic.

T. Rowe Price senior executive Brian C. Rogers is to become the chairman of the Greater Baltimore Committee at its meeting Tuesday. Rogers, chairman and chief investment officer at the Baltimore money manager, has served on the GBC board of directors since 2007. He will succeed the outgoing GBC chairman, Charles O. Monk II, managing partner at Saul Ewing's Baltimore office. Hanah.cho@baltsun.com Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

Del. Steve Schuh was elected Friday to chair the Anne Arundel County delegation to the General Assembly. Schuh, a Republican from Gibson Island who is also a candidate for county executive, takes over from Del. Nic Kipke, a Pasadena Republican. Kipke was named House minority leader.

David John Preller Sr., a Baltimore attorney who had been chairman of the old Maryland Board of Motion Picture Censors, died Jan. 6 of a massive stroke at St. Joseph Medical Center. The longtime Brooklandville resident was 87. Mr. Preller, the son of grocers, was born in Baltimore and raised on Kennedy Avenue. After graduating in 1941 from City College, he went to work at the old Glenn L. Martin Co. plant in Middle River. Mr. Preller enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1943, and after being trained as a B-24 Liberator Bomber nose gunner, he was assigned to the 15th Air Force 464th Bomb Group in Italy, where he completed 50 missions over Germany.

Richard Paul Sullivan , a former chairman and CEO of Easco Corp. who had been active in Republican state politics and civic affairs, died Sunday of cancer at his Owings Mills home. The longtime Guilford resident was 79. Mr. Sullivan, whose father was president of the American Girl Shoe Co. and whose mother was a homemaker, was born and raised in Newton, Mass. After graduating in 1950 from St. Sebastian's School in Milton, Mass., he earned a bachelor's degree in 1954 in marine engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

The board of trustees of the Enterprise Foundation yesterday named F. Barton Harvey III as chairman and chief executive officer. The Columbia-based foundation assists nonprofit groups nationwide to produce affordable housing.Mr. Harvey, 44, assumes his new position Oct. 1 at the foundation launched by Columbia's developer, James Rouse, and his wife, Patty, in 1981.Mr. Rouse will then become the founder-chairman of the Enterprise Foundation. Mr. Rouse retired as the chief executive officer two years ago, but has continued his role as chairman of the board, a position he has occupied since founding the foundation.

Charles P. McCormick Jr. and spice giant McCormick & Co. were inducted into the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame last night, joining the likes of Alonzo Decker and Black & Decker Corp. and the principals of real estate agency O'Conor, Piper and Flynn.The induction came at a ceremony at Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn during which McCormick, known as "Buzz" to his friends, also was given the Businessman of the Year Award."It will be a very proud evening for our chairman and our entire organization," company spokesman Mac Barrett said before the event.

The votes are in. The "First, Non-Annual (Hopefully!) -- Guess the Next USF&G CEO Contest" is over. The winner?Well, no one knows for now. No one, that is, except the directors of USF&G Corp. and the next chairman and chief executive of the large Baltimore-based insurance company.Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. analyst G. Alan Zimmermann in New York began the "Guess the Next USF&G CEO Contest." The prize for naming longtime leader Jack Moseley's successor is a dinner for two or "any other form of evening entertainment you can sell us on."

T. Rowe Price Group said Wednesday that its board has elected Robert F. MacLellan as a new independent director, bringing the total to 10 members. MacLellan is non-executive chairman of Northleaf Capital Partners, Canada's largest independent global private equity fund manager and advisor. Previously, MacLellan was chief investment officer of TD Bank Financial Group. The board also approved a 15 million-share increase under its stock repurchase plan, bringing the total repurchase authorization remaining to 22.4 million shares.

Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83. "He was conscientious and really very smart and kind, and that's not always a combination that goes together," said W. Stephen Wilson, a close friend and math department colleague. "He was department chairman for five years and no one has been chairman for five years since the 1980s to today," said Dr. Wilson.

The Big 33 Scholarship Foundation Inc. has announced that Poly graduate and former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Antonio Freeman will be the honorary chairman of the 56th Big 33 Football Classic in June. Freeman played for Maryland in the 1990 Big 33 game. In 1995, Freeman was drafted in the third round by the Packers. In Super Bowl XXXL, he had three receptions for 105 yards to help the Packers beat the New England Patriots. During his NFL career with the Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, he amassed over 7,000 receiving yards, caught over 400 passes and scored more than 60 touchdowns.

Maryland Republican Party interim chairman Diana Waterman fended off challenges and won election as head of the state GOP this past weekend, taking the reins as the party faces a shortened fundraising session for state lawmakers and challenges from newly redrawn election districts. Waterman had been interim chair since February, when the previous chairman, former state Sen. Alex X. Mooney, announced his plans to resign. Waterman, of Queen Anne's County, won a majority of votes on the second ballot at the party's spring convention, beating Collins Bailey, popular with the Tea Party and a member of the Charles County Central Committee, and Greg Kline, an Anne Arundel County attorney and blogger.

Mayo A. Shattuck III, who coordinated the sale of two Baltimore institutions to out-of-state concerns and ran the region's power company for a volatile decade, has retired from the parent of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Chicago-based Exelon Corp. didn't announce his retirement so much as mention in passing — in a hefty securities filing Thursday — that Feb. 28 was his last day as an employee. But Shattuck, 58, isn't cutting ties with the company. Previously executive chairman, he is now non-executive chairman of Exelon's board.

Herbert W. "Bill" Acker, a retired Price Waterhouse Coopers LLD regional managing partner, died Friday of kidney cancer at his Stone House Farm in Churchville. He was 70. Herbert William Acker — who was known as H. William "Bill" Acker — was the son of a Ford-New Holland worker and a postmistress. He was born and raised in Intercourse, Pa., where he graduated from Pequea High School. After earning a bachelor's degree in 1963 in accounting from Lebanon Valley College, he began his accounting career at Price Waterhouse in New York City.

Three months after a disappointing election showing for Maryland's Republican Party, Alex X. Mooney is stepping down as chairman. The former Frederick County state senator announced his plans Saturday in a leter to the state party's central committee. Mooney said "it is time for me to pursue other ventures. " The anouncement comes after a grueling election year in which Maryland Republicans -- in addition to absorbing an expected shellacking in the presidential race -- lost one of their two remaining congressional seats and saw three party-supported referendum efforts go down to defeat.

Milton B. Sachse, a former trailer company executive who later was chairman of the board of the Association of Maryland Pilots, died Friday of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Lutherville resident was 92. Milton Boyd Sachse was born and raised in a home on Willow Avenue in Towson. He was a 1938 graduate of Towson High School. Mr. Sachse was working in the engineering department of the old Glenn L. Martin Co. plant in Middle River at the time of his enlistment in the Navy in 1943.

In the latest twist in a battle over the leadership of Morgan State University, the Board of Regents voted Tuesday to oust board chairman Dallas R. Evans, who had led a push to not renew the contract of university President David J. Wilson. The regents voted 9-5 against Evans, the managing director of a Washington-based home builder who has served on the board for more than 20 years. "Everybody thought this would be a wise decision to keep the board in a positive attitude," said board vice-chair Martin Resnick, the founder of Martin's Caterers, who will serve as interim chair.

After 23 years of service, I believe it's time for the chairman of the Board of Regents at Morgan State University, Dallas Evans, to retire. I question his chairmanship and question his ability to move Morgan forward! His letter delivered to the other regents regarding Morgan State President David Wilson ("Morgan president has "severely compromised" university, board chair alleges," Jan 11) alarms me. I question whether your his opinion regarding Mr. Wison will affect his ability to lead and to make effective policies for the success of Morgan.