Constance A. Morella (1931- )
MSA SC 3520-2101
Biography:
Born Constance Albanese in Somerville, Massachusetts, February 12, 1931. Attended public schools; Somerville High School; Boston University, A.A., 1950, A.B., 1954; The American University, M.A., 1967. Married, three children (and raised her late sister's six children).
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 16 (R), Montgomery County,
1979-86. Member, Appropriations Committee; Subcommittee on Law Enforcement
and Transportation.
Federal Service:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (Republican), 8th Congressional
District, Montgomery County, 1987-2003. Member, Science Committee ; Basic
Research Subcommittee; Chair, Technology Subcommittee. Member, Government
Reform Committee; Civil Service Subcommittee; Chair, District of Columbia
Subcommittee, 2001-2002 (past vice-chair). Former co-chair, Women's Issues
Caucus. Served in Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus (first woman chair,
1991-94); Federal Government Service Task Force; Arts Caucus. Member, Human
Rights Caucus. Co-Chair, Older Americans Caucus, 1994-2003.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Professor of English, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 1970-85.
Member, Montgomery County Commission for Women, 1971-75. C &
O Canal National Historical Park Advisory Commission, 1976-82; vice-chair,
1979-82. Trustee, Capitol Institute of Technology, 1977. Trustee,
Trinity College, Washington, D.C., 1984. Member, Montgomery County
Commission for Women, 1972-75; president, 1973-74. Author, "The Female
Alcoholic in American History, Culture, and Jurisprudence," The Alcoholism
Digest (1974). Living Stage-Arena Board, 1982. Received American
University Distinguished Alumna Award, 1980 and 1982. Represented
United States at United Nations Conference on Population and Development,
Cairo, 1994. Co-chair, congressional delegation to United Nations
Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995. Member, National Advisory
Board of The American University, Washington, D. C. Trustee, Capitol College,
Laurel, Maryland. Member, Montgomery County United Way Council; Advisory
Council of Montgomery County Hospice Society. Member, Honorary Board of
National Kidney Foundation. Founding member, Global Legislators for a Balanced
Environment (GLOBE), an international organization that addresses world
environmental issues. Honorary doctorates from The American University,
Norwich University, Dickinson College, Mount Vernon College, and University
of Maryland University College. Named one of Ten Best Members of
Congress for Women by McCall's magazine. Listed in Who's Who
in America, 1988-89; Who's Who in American Politics, 1991-92.
Inducted into Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, 1994. Congressional
Award, Energy Efficiency Forum, 2002. Maryland's Top 100 Women, The
Daily Record, 2003.
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