THE HONORABLE HELEN DELICH
BENTLEY
The Honorable Helen Delich Bentley’s
first career was as a maritime reporter and
Maritime Editor at The Sun, where she
created the most-respected maritime section
in the nation during her 24-year tenure, breaking
important national stories through dogged determination
and a personal style that made her famous from
boardrooms to the docks. Her coverage of the
supply problem for America’s war effort
in Vietnam led to the institution of containers
as the preferred method of cargo transport.
In 1950 she moved into television.
Bentley produced, directed, edited, wrote and
did interviews for her series, “The Port
That Built a City,” and, later, “The
Port That Built a City – and State.”
Throughout, she still wrote and edited at The
Sun. Her focus on the Port of Baltimore
intensified both public and government awareness
of the Port’s substantial economic impact
on Maryland.
From 1969-1975, Bentley served
as Chairman of the United States Federal Maritime
Commission. At the time, she was the fourth-highest
ranking woman in Federal government history.
From 1985-1995, Bentley served
in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing
Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District.
While in Congress, she sat on the Appropriations,
Budget, Public Works & Transportation and
Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committees,
in addition to the Steel, Art, Northeast, Human
Rights and Trade & Tourism Caucuses.
Since 1995, she has been President
and CEO of Helen Bentley & Associates, Inc.,
specializing in government relations and business
development. Bentley is also a consultant to
the Maryland Port Administration and a small
businesswoman.
Throughout her career, Bentley
has tirelessly promoted two primary issues –
the advancement of America’s maritime
community, and America’s industrial/manufacturing
base.
The Honorable
Helen Delich Bentley
Chairman for the Port of Baltimore Tricentennial
Committee
Horace Alston
President of the International Longshoreman's
Association Baltimore District
Bud Nixon
Vice-Chairman of the Port of Baltimore Tricentennial
Committee
F. Brooks Royster,
III
Executive Director of the Maryland Port Administration
(MPA)
