John Glenn Beall Jr. Canal Development Act, establishing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, among others." Beall served as the President and Chairman of the charity The League for Crippled Children from 1978 until the time of his death. Beall resumed the insurance business in Cumberland, and was very active in the local community until his death as a result of cancer. He is interred in Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery. John Glenn Beall Jr. John Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006), known as J. Glenn Beall Jr., was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of
Elwood-John H. Glenn High School President of the Board of Education and James H. Boyd, District Principal laying the cornerstone and Dr. Walter Crewson, Associate Commissioner of Education for the State of New York giving the address: "Education for Freedom.". The first principal was Dr. Jack Horner. The school is named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, whose historic flight around the earth took place on February 20, 1962 during the construction of the school. The School Board and High School P.T.A. led by Mary Birkel decided on the name. Its first senior class of 72 students graduated in June 1963. The school quickly became known