Sterling Maddox
{{Short description|American civil engineer and politician (1941–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sterling Maddox
| alma_mater = George Washington University
| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|05|23}}
| death_place = Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|03|24|1941|05|23}}
| party = Democratic Party
| occupation = Civil engineer
| children =
| caption = Maddox as a High School senior, 1959
| death_cause = COVID-19
| image = Sterling Ruffin Maddox, Jr. - 1959.jpg
| successor1 =
| predecessor1 =
| term_end1 = 1974
| term_start1 = 1970
| office1 = Member of the Maryland House of Delegates for Montgomery County's 1st District
| education =
}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}Sterling "Ruffin" Maddox (May 23, 1941 – March 24, 2020){{Cite news|date=March 28, 2020|title=STERLING MADDOX Obituary|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/sterling-maddox-obituary?pid=195811830&|access-date=September 17, 2021|newspaper=Washington Post|via=Legacy.com}} was an American civil engineer and politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for Montgomery County's 1st District from 1970 to 1974.{{Cite web|title=S. Ruffin Maddox, MSA SC 3520-13326|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013300/013326/html/13326bio.html|access-date=2021-11-05|work=Maryland State Archives}}
Early life and career
Maddox grew up in Potomac, Maryland. He attended the Landon School and Lehigh University. He traveled to Vietnam as a civilian engineer for the U.S. military. After returning, he graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science.
Later life and death
After his time in office he became a developer, helping to establish neighborhoods in the region. He then served as a real estate agent for Washington Fine Properties for nearly 15 years.{{Cite news|last=Stein|first=Perry|date=April 5, 2020|title='He had so many friends': Family mourns beloved dad and granddad who died of coronavirus|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/he-had-so-many-friends-family-mourns-beloved-dad-and-granddad-who-died-of-coronavirus/2020/04/05/e1e676c6-777d-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html|access-date=September 17, 2021|newspaper=Washington Post}} Maddox lived in Bethesda, Maryland, and Kent Island, Maryland before he moved into a assisted living facility in Arlington, Virginia.
Maddox died from complications of COVID-19 at age 78; at the time of his death he was suffering from Parkinson's disease and dementia. He was among the thousand people mentioned in the New York Times article U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss.{{Cite news|last1=Barry|first1=Dan|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Cargill|first3=Clinton|last4=Daniel|first4=Annie|last5=Delaquérière|first5=Alain|last6=Gamio|first6=Lazaro|last7=Gianordoli|first7=Gabriel|last8=Harris|first8=Richard|last9=Harvey|first9=Barbara|date=May 24, 2020|title=Remembering the 100,000 Lives Lost to Coronavirus in America|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/24/us/us-coronavirus-deaths-100000.html|access-date=September 17, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} He was survived by his two daughters.
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Category:George Washington University alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:People from Bethesda, Maryland
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia
Category:20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly
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