JAMES F. COUCH, JR. Court of Special Appeals,
1977 — . Boni in Des Moines, Iowa, May 30, 1917.
Attended Western High School, Washington, D.C.;
George Washington University; Washington College of
Law at the American University, J.D., 1941. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in the U.S. Army.
Member, Maryland State and Prince George's County
Bar Associations. Judge, District Court of Maryland,
1971 - 1972; Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
1972- 1977. Married; 1 child.
SOLOMON LISS. Court of Special Appeals, 1976 — .
Born in Baltimore, March 6, 1915. Attended Baltimore
City College; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1937. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1937. Member, American,
Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar Associations;
American Trial Lawyers Association. B'nai B'rith Man
of the Year; Heritage Award, Yeshiva University; Jew-
ish National Fund Man of the Year. Police Court mag-
istrate, 1940 - 1944; Baltimore City Council, 1954 -
1962; metropolitan advisor to the mayor, 1963; chair-
man, Public Service Commission of Maryland, 1964-
1968. Member, Cassia Lodge, Masons; Yedz Grotto;
past president, Golden Eagle Square and Compass
Club; chairman, Executive Committee, Maryland Judi-
cial Conference; board member, Beth Jacob Congrega-
tion. Married; 5 children.
THOMAS HUNTER LOWE. Court of Special
Appeals, 1973 — . Born in Talbot County, January 8,
1928. Attended Baltimore City College; Towson State
Junior College, A.A., 1950; Washington College, A.B.,
1952; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1956. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in
the U.S. Marine Corps. Member, Amencan, Maryland

State, and Talbot County Bar Associations; American
Judicature Society; Fourth Circuit Judicial Confer-
ence; fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Maryland
House of Delegates, 1959-1973; House Judiciary
Committee, 1959-1968 (chairman, 1963-1968);
House Majority Leader, 1967-1968; Speaker, House
of Delegates, 1969-1973; Maryland Legislative
Council, 1963 -1973; past member, Commission to
Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland (vice-presi-
dent). Married; 1 child.
H. KEMP MaeDANIEL. Court of Special Appeals,
1978 — . Born in Baltimore, June 3, 1921. Attended
Catonsville High School; University of Maryland; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1951. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the U.S.
Armed Forces. Judge, Circuit Court of Baltimore, Third
Judicial Circuit, 1966-1978. Maryland House of
Delegates, 1959-1966. Married; 4 children.
DAVID T. MASON. Court of Special Appeals,
1974 —. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, December
6, 1914. Attended Lincoln University; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1951, J.D., 1969. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the U.S. Armed
Forces. Member, Baltimore City Jail Board, 1954- 1963;
hearing examiner and appeals referee, Department of Em-
ployment Security, 19S5 - 1962; assistant state's attorney,
Baltimore City, 1962-1964; assistant attorney general
for the State of Maryland, 1964 - 1969; chief of the Crimi-
nal Division, 1967-1969; chairman, Maryland State
Board of Parole, 1969- 1972; secretary, Department of
Employment and Social Services, 1972- 1974; delegate,
Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967 (member, Ex-
eculive Committee). Divorced, 1 child.