Melvin A. Steinberg (1933- )
MSA SC 3520-1494
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, October 4, 1933. Son of Irvin Steinberg and wife Julia Levenson. Jewish. Attended Baltimore public schools; University of Baltimore, A.A., 1952; University of Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1955. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1955. Honorary degrees from Goucher College, Villa Julie College, St. Mary's College of Maryland. Married Anita Akman. Attorney. Resident of Baltimore County when elected.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1967-87. Vice-Chair, Judicial Proceedings
Committee,
1975-78. Chair, Finance Committee, 1979-82. President of
the
Senate, 1983-87. Co-Chair, Legislative Policy Committee. Chair,
Rules
Committee; Joint Committee on Ethics; Committee on Narcotics,
Subcommittee
on Family Law; Joint Committee on Racing. Vice-Chair, Commission
to Revise the Annotated Code. Member, Executive Committee,
Southern
Legislative Conference; Pensions Committee, National Conference of
State
Legislatures; National Society of State Legislators; Blue Ribbon Task
Force
on Health-Care Cost Containment.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served on active duty with the U.S. Navy, 1955-57. Private law
practice; partner, Levin and Gann, P.A. Lt. Governor of Maryland,
1987-1995. Elected by Voters for a Four-year Term under
the
Constitution of 1867 as Amended in 1970. Counsel to
Rifkin,
Livingston, Levitan & Silver, LLC. President and CEO of
American
Oriental Group, Inc., an international trading company. Member,
State
House Trust; State Commission on the Capital City; Maryland Historical
Trust; Maryland Environmental Trust. Board of Advisors, Maryland
Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program; Maryland Veterans Home Commission.
Chair, Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Maryland
Executive
Helicopter Advisory Committee; Peabody Institute Oversight
Committee.
Member, Governor's Employment and Training Council; Interstate Banking
Committee; Western Maryland Enterprise Study Commission; Commission on
Excellence in Higher Education; Eagle Square and Compass Club of
Maryland;
Yedz Grotto; B'nai B'rith; Greenspring Valley Synagogue; American Lodge
No. 25, A.F. & A.M. Board of Directors, Beth El Congregation;
Jewish Museum of Maryland. Governing Board, Baltimore Symphony.
Source: 1994-95 Maryland Manual (Annapolis, Hall of Records Commission, 1994), 29-30; Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, new series, An Historical List of Public Officials of Maryland, Vol I. (Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990), p. 20.
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