Royden P. Dyson
MSA SC 3520-2013
Biography:
Born in Great Mills, Maryland, November 15, 1948. Attended private schools; Great Mills High School, 1966; University of Baltimore; Montgomery Junior College; University of Maryland.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, District 29, Calvert, Charles & St. Mary's Counties, January
11, 1995-January 14, 2015. Democrat. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on
the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2003-15.
Vice-Chair, Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee,
2007-15 (member, 1995-2015; education subcommittee, 1995-2002;
alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2003-06; vice-chair, health
subcommittee, 2007-10, member, 2003-07; chair, licensing &
regulatory affairs subcommittee, 2003-04, member, 1999-2004; chair,
ethics & election law subcommittee, 2004-15, member, 2003-15;
chair, base realignment & closure (brac) subcommittee, 2007-10;
member, special committee on renewables & clean energy, 2008-10;
health occupations subcommittee, 2011-15; labor, licensing, &
regulation subcommittee, 2011-15). Member, Special Committee on
Substance Abuse, 2001-15; Rules Committee, 2007-15; Joint Committee on
Legislative Ethics, 2007-15. Member, Joint Committee on Fair Practices
and State Personnel Oversight, 2009-15. Senate Chair, Joint Committee
on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1995-2003. Member, Joint Committee on
Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2003-07; Agricultural
Stewardship Commission, 2005-06; Joint Committee on Fair Practices,
2006-09. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure,
2007-11. Senate Chair, Southern Maryland Delegation. Member, Maryland
Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-15; Maryland Rural Caucus,
2002-15; Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-15. Member, National
Conference of State Legislatures (redistricting & elections
committee, 2005-15); Southern Legislative Conference (agriculture &
rural development committee, 2008-15).
Member, House of Delegates, 1975-81, representing District 29 (Charles & St. Mary's counties). Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1975-81.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 1995-; Task Force
on Affiliation between Historic St. Mary's City Commission and St.
Mary's College of Maryland, 1996; State Water Quality Advisory
Committee, 1997-; Solid Waste Management Task Force, 1998; Committee on
Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System, 1998-99;
Task Force to Study the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland,
1999; Special Commission on State Parks, 1999-2000; Task Force to Study
the Preservation and Enhancement of Maryland's Heritage Resources,
1999-2001 (enchancement & sustainability committee); Task Force to
Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2000-01;
Patuxent River Oil Spill Citizens Advisory Committee, 2000-02. Board of
Trustees, Maryland Environmental Trust, 2001-. Member, Task Force to
Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2002-05;
Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood
and Aquaculture Industries, 2003-04 (executive committee; seafood
industry work group); Advisory Committee on the Management and
Protection of the State's Water Resources (2005), 2005-08. Co-Chair,
Incentives for Agriculture Task Force, 2006-07. Member, Commission to
Study Southern Maryland Transportation Needs, 2006-08; Commission to
Develop the Maryland Model for Funding Higher Education, 2006-09.
Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1981-91, representing Congressional District 1 (Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico & Worcester counties) (elected 1st president of 1981 Freshman Democrats Class); Armed Services Committee; Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee (chair, subcommittee on panama canal/outer continental shelf, 1989-90).
Former legislative assistant and research director for U.S. Representative William D. Ford of Michigan. Former special assistant, Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor, U.S. House of Representatives. Presidential Elector, Maryland, 1976. Former assistant director of Operations, Democratic National Committee. Delegate, Democratic National Conference, 1978. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Moose Lodge; Fraternal Order of the Police; Maryland Farm Bureau. Outstanding Young Man of the Year, 1977. Honorary Doctorate, University of Maryland, 1988. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011. Member, Holy Face Church, Great Mills.
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