on controlling development, fiscal affairs, tax legislation, sewage and transportation issues, and assessment inequities. While on the Council, he sponsored bills to establish the Office of Public Advocate for Assessments and Taxation, and the Montgomery County Conservation Corps. In addition, he authored Council-sponsored State legislation on taxation, farmland preservation, and farmland assessment. Potter was also instrumental in the formation of the Home Purchase Cost Investigation Committee. Potter had served as president of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and on several committees for the National Association of Counties (NACO), and the Maryland Association of Counties. His numerous memberships include Americans for Democratic Action, the Audubon Naturalist Society, the Chevy Chase United Methodist Church, and Common Cause. He was a member of the NAACP and SANE/FREEZE, and continued to be a member of the Capital Area United Nations Association and the World Federalist Association, Citizens for Global Solutions for the remainder of his life. Death Potter died on May 27, 2008, of congestive heart failure at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He was survived by his wife, Marion, his daughter Joanne, his brother, Lloyd (Buzz), and his grandson, Barry. He was predeceased by a daughter, Freida. Awards and decorations Honors presented to Potter since he entered public office included the Governor's Citation, the Council of Governments' Metropolitan Public Service Award, and the Sentinel newspaper's Citizen of the Year award. He was also a recipient of NACO's Distinguished Service Award, the Audubon Naturalist Society's Legislator of the Year award, and the Montgomery County Civic Federation's Citation for Distinguished Public Service. In 2018 a plaza along the Capital Crescent Trail at River Road was named for him. References External links Neal Potter (1915-2008) at the Maryland State Archives Obituary: Neal Potter, 93; Montgomery Leader Stood for Slow Growth published in The Washington Post Neal Potter (1990-1994) at MontgomeryCountyMD.GOV Montgomery County, Maryland Executives 1915 births University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni 2008 deaths Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School alumni 20th-century American politicians Maryland Democrats University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni