Maurice A. Gladhill has been involved in various facets of agriculture his entire life. He joined the Frederick County Agricultural Society in 1969, and was elected to the Board of Managers in 1989. He currently serves as Treasurer and chairman of the Planning and Finance Committee.
Mr. Gladhill has been a businessman since he was a child. He remembers as a child riding around the Frederick fairgrounds on a small tractor with a pole digger attachment offering to dig holes for a dollar apiece. Today, he is a consistent participant in the Central Maryland Farm Equipment Dealers Association’s Machinery Row exhibit at the fair.
Mr. Gladhill has served as a Director of F&M Bancorp since 1985 and has been a member on several committees. He was a Director of the Frederick YMCA from 1988-1994, and now serves on the Frederick YMCA Board of Trustees. Mr. Gladhill is a past director of the Mid-Atlantic Farm Equipment Dealers Association.
Other interests that occupy Mr. Gladhill’s time include collecting and preserving antique farm equipment.