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Member, County Council, Anne Arundel County, District 1, 1982-90. Past member, Henryton Sub-Area Health Committee; Citizens Advisory Board for Henryton Center; Patapsco Area Advisory Commission; Park Advisory Commission.

Member, Solid Waste Commission; Hypertension Commission; Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board, Anne Arundel County. Member, Task Force on Indoor Air Quality, 2001-02; Task Force to Evaluate the Development and Construction of a Magnetic Levitation Transportation System (MAGLEV) in Maryland between Baltimore and the District of Columbia, 2002-03; Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Airport Governance Study Group, 2005; Advisory Committee on the Naming of State Facilities, Roads, and Bridges, 2006; Local Development Council, Anne Arundel County, 2012-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 28, 1939. Attended Patterson Park High School; University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, B.S. (pharmacy), 1962. Registered Pharmacist. Member, American and Maryland Pharmaceutical Associations, 1962-. Patent clerk, pharmacist, manager, and director of management, development, & professional services, Read's Drug Stores, 1960-77. President, Discount Pharmacy, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1977-80; owner, Ted's Pharmacy, 1980-90. Administrative officer, State's Attorney's Office, Anne Arundel County, 1994-. President and director, Anne Arundel Optimist Club, 1968-70. Board of Directors, Crestwood Improvement Association, 1970-73; Overlook Elementary PTA, 1970-77, 1980-83. Member, Linthicum Shipley Improvement Association, 1980- (board of directors, 1995-97); Sheltered Workshop for the Handicapped, 1982-90; Community Action Agency, 1982-90; District 32 Democratic Club, 1982-; Roland Terrace Democratic Club, 1982-; Stoney Creek Democratic Club; West County Democratic Club. Former president and co-founder, Anne Arundel County Hall of Fame. Former chair, Hilltop CAC. Former board member, Chrysalis House. Legislator of the Year, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 2004. Legislator of the Year, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), 2005. Legislator of the Year, Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, 2005. Legislative Award, The Arc of Maryland, 2009. Alumni Hall of Fame, Patterson Park High School. Married; three children (one deceased); five grandchildren.

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