Law School, graduating in 1933. Attorney. Member of the Maryland
Bar. He served as Chairman of the State Board of Correction,
August 1946-May 1947; Vice president and member Board of Direc-
tors Elkton Banking and Trust Company. Served as Major, First
Division, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1946, receiving the Bronze
Star. Member Legislative Council. Married. Elected to the Senate
in 1950.

GEORGE W. DELLA, President of the Senate, Democrat, Baltimore
6th; born in Baltimore, February 9, 1908, attending the public schools
of that City and Baltimore City College, graduating 1927. Received
B.B.A. degree from the University of Baltimore, 1932; graduated
from University of Baltimore Law School in 1935 and was admitted
to the Bar in 1936. Attorney. Chairman, Insurance and Loans Com-
mittee, 1945 and 1947; chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee,
1949 and 1950, member Baltimore Country Club and Masons. Married.
Appointed to the Senate in 1939. He was elected President of the
Senate in 1951, 1952, 1953.

FRANCIS X. DIPPEL, Democrat, Baltimore 3rd; born in Baltimore,
November 23, 1916. He attended St. Patrick's School, Calvert Hall,
the University of Maryland, graduating in 1939; attended Maryland
School of Medicine, 1939-1940; LL.B. from the University of Balti-
more 1946. Attorney. Married. Member House of Delegates 1946-
1950. Elected to the Senate in 1950.

JOHN RAYMOND FLETCHER, Republican, Prince George's County;
born in Washington, D. C., July 25, 1900. Attended public and private
schools of the District of Columbia, George Washington University
and National University Law School, LL.M. in 1929. Attorney. Mem-
ber of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars. Mayor of
Cheverly 1938-1945 and member of the Rationing Board, OPA, Prince
George's County, during World War II. Former President Kiwanis
Club of Prince George's County. Mason. Married, four children.
Elected to the Senate in 1950.

NEIL C. FRALEY, Republican, Garrett County; born at Oakland,
April 18, 1894. Attended the public schools of Oakland and the
University of Maryland Law School. Admitted to the Bar in 1931.
Currently engaged in the practice of law. Served in the U. S. Army
in 1918. State's Attorney for Garrett County 1935-1947. Attorney to
the Board of County Commissioners 1947-1951. Chairman of local
Draft Board since 1946. Married. Appointed to the Senate in 1949.

LOUIS L. GOLDSTEIN, Democrat, Calvert County; born in Prince
Frederick, March 14, 1913. He attended the Calvert County public
schools and Washington College, graduating in 1935, and the Uni-
versity of Maryland Law School. Admitted to the Bar in 1940. During
World War II he served with the United States Marine Corps (1942-
1946) in the Philippine and Asiatic Theatres, enlisting as a private,
he was discharged as a First Lieutenant. He is a Commissioner from
Maryland on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Married. He was a member of the House of Delegates 1938-1942.
Majority leader of the Senate, Member Legislative Council. Elected
to the Senate in 1946.

STANFORD HOFF, Republican, Carroll County; born in Westminster,
March 31, 1911; attended the public schools of Westminster, Western
Maryland College, and the University of Maryland Law School
graduating in 1934. Attorney. During World War II, he served with
the 36th Field Artillery and the 77th Division Artillery in the Asiatic
and Pacific Theatres; entering as a First Lieutenant, he was dis-