WILLIAM H. AMOSS, Democrat, District 5A. Born in Baltimore, December 2,
1936. Attended Harford County parochial and public schools; Harford Community
College; University of Maryland—Overseas; Missouri School of Auctioneering. Auc-
tioneer and appraiser. Served in the U.S. Army, 1955-1958. Member, Maryland
Farm Bureau; Maryland and National Auctioneers Associations. Past director, Bel
Air Jaycees. Married. Member of the House of Delegates since 1975. Member of the
House Appropriations Committee. District office: 2037 Pleasantville Rd., Fallston
21047; tel. 838-7555. Annapolis office: 310 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3342.

TYRAS S. ATHEY, Democrat, District 32. Born in Burtonsville, Montgomery
County, March 30, 1927. Attended Montgomery County public schools. Served in
the U.S. Navy, 1945-1947. Member, Elks; Moose. Member of the House of Dele-
gates since 1967. Past chairman, Anne Arundel County Delegation. Member, Policy
Committee. Member of the Council of State Governments, serving on the Fiscal Af-
fairs and Governmental Operations Committee. Past chairman, Commission on In-
tergovernmental Cooperation. Chairman, Ways and Means Committee since 1979.
Married; three children. Annapolis office: 110 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3475.

R. CHARLES AVARA, Democrat, District 37. Born in Baltimore, January 11,
1932. Attended Baltimore public schools. Served in U.S. Navy, 1953-1956. Chair-
man, Special Committee on School Pupil Transportation; Committee to Set Mini-
mum Standards for Police Departments; Joint Capital Budget Committee, 1971-
1976. Member, Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administra-
tion of Justice; Special High Impact Courts Committee; Mayor's Coordinating
Council on Criminal Justice. Vice-chairman, House Appropriations Committee. Mar-
ried. Member of the House of Delegates since 1967. Annapolis office: 131 Lowe
Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3410.

STEWART BAINUM, JR., Democrat, District 20. Born in Takoma Park, March
25, 1946. Attended Takoma Academy; Pacific Union College, B.A. in History, 1968;

University of California at Los Angeles, M.B.A., 1970; Andrews University, gradu-
ate study in theology, 1971-1972. Independent businessman. Chairman, Task Force
on Public Transportation, Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee,
1977-1978; member, Coalition United to Reform Elections, 1975, 1977. Chairman
of Executive Committee. Silver Spring Development Council, 1976-1977, vice-presi-
dent, 1977-1978. Member, Silver Spring Revitalization Task Force, 1978; executive
board member, Alliance for Democratic Reform, 1974-1975, 1977-1978. Treasurer,
Legislative Study Group, Inc., 1980. Unmarried. Member of the House of Delegates
since 1979. Member, Ways and Means Committee; Joint Budget and Audit Commit-
tee. District office: 912 Thayer Avenue, Silver Spring 20910; tel. 589-3343. Annapolis
office: 225 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3037.