Background
Sauerbrey, Ellen Elaine Richmond was born on September 9, 1937 in Baltimore. Daughter of Edgar Arthur and Ethel Frederika (Landgraf) Richmond.
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Sauerbrey, Ellen Elaine Richmond was born on September 9, 1937 in Baltimore. Daughter of Edgar Arthur and Ethel Frederika (Landgraf) Richmond.
AB summa cum laude in Biology and English, Western Maryland. College, 1959.
She was nominated to the Bureau in September 2005 by President George West. Bush. On January 4, 2006, Bush placed her in office by way of a recess appointment, bypassing the need for Senate confirmation. Her confirmation was unlikely, given strong objections by some senators.
Sauerbrey"s recess appointment caused some controversy, however her experience as minority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates and managing a complex United States Census project helped rally others to her cause.
She is a 1955 graduate of Towson High School and a 1959 graduate of Western Maryland College, and was a teacher before entering politics. Her Committee assignments included the Appropriations Committee.
Subcommittee on Education and Transportation. Ways and Means and Economic Matters.
Sauerbrey ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland twice, in 1994 and 1998.
She was defeated by Democrat Parris Glendening both times, the first time by a very narrow margin. The 1994 election was in doubt as charges of voter fraud led to a lawsuit by the Sauerbrey campaign to overturn the election, which was ultimately unsuccessful. In 2002, President Bush nominated Sauerbrey to be Representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
In that post, Sauerbrey focused mostly on three issues: the need for more education for women, the importance of empowering women economically and politically, and protection of the right to life.
In January 2006, while the Senate was recessed, President Bush appointed Sauerbrey as Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration. lieutenant was reported then that this and other such appointments would end at the conclusion of the congressional session in January 2007.
In a January 15, 2007 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democratic lawmakers and advocates for refugees called for increased help for fleeing Iraqis. Sauerbrey said a United Nations-predicted wave of refugees did not occur right after the United States-led invasion of Iraq and was instead occurring at that present time.
Sauerbrey was inducted into the Maryland Women"s Hall of Fame in 2013 and has written opinion articles published by the Washington Times as recently as 2015.
National chairman American Legislation Executive Council, 1990—1991. Trustee Maryland Council Economic Education, Franklin Square Hospital. Founder United Citizen's for Maryland.'s Future.
Board advisors Yorktown University. Republican National Committee Woman Maryland, 1996—2003. Rules committee, 1996.
Delegate Republican National Conventions, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, platform committee, chairman subcommittee on economy, 1977, member credentials committee, 1984. Vice chairman Republican State Central Committee of Baltimore County, 1966—1971. State chairman Maryland chapter George W. Bush for President, 1999—2000.
Member Daughters of the American Revolution, National Federation Republican Women (Margaret Chase Smith award 1995, Maryland State of Mind award 2004), Maryland Federation Republican Women, American Legislation exchange Council (chairman emeritus), Maryland Farm Bureau, Maryland Conservative Union, Beta Beta, Beta, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Wilmer John Emil Sauerbrey, June 27, 1959.