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Edward Shedlick

Gail Madden received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Political Science in 1978, from Mary Washington College, and earned her Master in Public Administration (MPA) in 1984 from George Mason University. Gail had many fond memories of her time at Mary Washington College and the lifelong friends she met while in attendance there. She also had lasting memories of her own internship experience at the Congressional offices of M. Caldwell Butler and desired to give prospective student-interns the opportunity to obtain the same learning experience she so greatly enjoyed. Over the course of her career, Gail worked at McGuire, Woods & Battle; American Export Group of Washington, D.C.; the General Accounting Office (GAO); Fairfax County Public Schools, delivering early enrichment and phonics programs to elementary school children, and the Fairfax County Library System, Vienna location, where she supported and delivered young children's reading programs.

Gail's greatest love was her family. She married Edward Paul Shedlick (Ed) in 1983 and they raised one child, Kevin Michael. Gail enjoyed reading, gardening, history and politics, the beach, the season of autumn, and traveling America and the world with her husband and son. She passed away on September 13, 2017. Her husband, Ed, established a scholarship supporting internship experiences in her memory.