Background
Meekins, Lynn Roby was born on November 14, 1862 in Salem, Maryland, United States. Son of George J. M. (12 years treasurer of Dorchester Company, Maryland.).
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Lynn Roby Meekins
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Graduate Western Maryland. College, Westminster, 1882 (Master of Arts).
Career
Review Doctor Augustus Webster, November 5, 1891. 1 son, Lynn Webster. Literature editor Baltimore American 17 years prior to May 1899. Managing editor Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, 1899-1901.
Chief editor Baltimore Herald, 1903-1906, president public 1907.
Editor Baltimore Star, 1908-1911. Secretary Atlantic and Pacific Transport Company, 1911.
On editorial staff Philadelphia Ledger, 1913-1914. Editor Hershey (Pennsylvania) Press, 1914-1917.
Secretary Maryland. Council of Defense, 1917-1920.
On editorial staff the News, Baltimore, 1920-1927. Secretary Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Commission. Secretary Maryland. Commission Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
One of the organizers of Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association.
Maryland. delegate to Conservation Congress. Correspondent secretary, member Executive Committee National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial, 1914.
Member general committee Baltimore Bi-centennial, 1929. Appointed by governor Maryland member of commission to reform the penal laws of state, 1914.
Vice president Eastern Shore Society.
Trustee Western Maryland. College Author: The Robb’s Island Wreck, 1894. Some of Our People, 1898.
Adam Rush, 1902.
Home: Baltimore, Maryland.
Achievements
Membership
Member general committee Baltimore Bi-centennial, 1929. Member of commission to reform the penal laws of state, 1914.
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Married Kate Owings, daughter
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Nationality
American