Researching Glenn Cummings
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4613 people with the Cummings surname? In that year Cummings was ranked number 920 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Glenn means "valley" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Glenn Cummings on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Glenn Cummings and the Cummings Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 9767 people with the Cummings surname in the UK? Cummings is now ranked number 593 for popularity in the UK. |
Cummings Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Glenn Cummings
Glenn Cummings
Glenn A. Cummings was a Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing the state's 115th district. He served from 2000 to 2008, including one term as the Speaker of the House, and was termed out of office in 2008. In 2000, when he first ran for the District 115 seat, Cummings became the first candidate in Maine history to qualify for public financing under Maine's new "Clean Elections" law. In 2009, Cummings was appointed deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational & Adult Education. Cummings worked for the Goodwill Hinckley School in Fairfield, Maine as president and executive director.
On September 2, 2014, University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page announced Cummings' appointment as interim president of the University of Maine at Augusta, succeeding Allyson Hughes Handley, Ed.D.
On May 21, 2015, Page announced Cummings would become the 13th president of the University of Southern Maine, effective July 1, 2015.
On October 5, 2021, Cummings announced he would be stepping down as president on June 30, 2022. He will remain at the university as faculty.
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