Biographical information:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 17, 1931. Attended Baltimore public schools; The Johns Hopkins University; Towson State College, B.S., 1954;
University of Maryland Law School, LL.B., 1961; The Johns Hopkins University, M.A., expected 2001. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Baltimore City, 1963-67. Senate, District 8, 1967-74, District 39, 1975-82, District 44, 1983-94. Senate chair, Joint Budget and Audit
Committee; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee; Public Safety, Transportation, Economic Development & Natural
Resources Subcommittee; Capital Budget Subcommittee; Pensions Subcommittee. Member, Legislative Policy Committee; Special Joint Committee on Pensions;
Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation; Joint Subcommittee on State's Capital Program; Joint Expenditure Study Group
on Law Enforcement and Transportation.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in the U.S. Army, 1954-56. Attorney. Member, Maryland Housing Policy Commission; State Planning Commission; Hall of Records Commission;
Museum Assistance Review Panel; Maryland State Arts Council. President, Mount Royal Democratic Club. Council member, American Antiquarian Society.
Member, Peale Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art; Walters Art Gallery; Victorian Society in America. Life member, NAACP. President, Maryland Kidney
Foundation; Regional vice-president, National Kidney Foundation, 1970-72. Member, Board of Directors, Lyric Foundation, Inc.; Common Cause of Maryland;
Baltimore Shakespeare Festival; Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum. President, Preservation Society of Federal Hill and Fell's Point, 2000-. First Citizen Award, 1997. |
