Julian L. Lapides
(1931-2021)
MSA SC 3520-2419
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 17, 1931. Son of Doris Racusin and Solomon Morris Lapides. Attended Baltimore public schools; The Johns Hopkins University; Towson State College, B.S., 1954; University of Maryland Law School, LL.B., 1961; The Johns Hopkins University, M.A., expected 2001. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965. Died July 14, 2021, in Baltimore, Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Baltimore City, 1963-67. Senate, District 8, 1967-74,
District 39, 1975-82, District 44, 1983-94. Senate chair, Joint Budget
and Audit Committee; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. Member,
Budget and Taxation Committee; Public Safety, Transportation, Economic
Development & Natural Resources Subcommittee; Capital Budget Subcommittee;
Pensions Subcommittee. Member, Legislative Policy Committee; Special
Joint Committee on Pensions; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and
Agricultural Land Preservation; Joint Subcommittee on State's Capital Program;
Joint Expenditure Study Group on Law Enforcement and Transportation.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in the U.S. Army, 1954-56. Attorney. Member, Maryland
Housing Policy Commission; State Planning Commission; Hall of Records Commission;
Museum Assistance Review Panel; Maryland State Arts Council. President,
Mount Royal Democratic Club. Council member, American Antiquarian
Society. Member, Peale Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art; Walters Art Gallery;
Victorian Society in America. Life member, NAACP. President,
Maryland Kidney Foundation; Regional vice-president, National Kidney Foundation,
1970-72. Member, Board of Directors, Lyric Foundation, Inc.; Common
Cause of Maryland; Baltimore Shakespeare Festival; Lillie Carroll Jackson
Museum. President, Preservation Society of Federal Hill and Fell's
Point, 2000-. First Citizen Award, 1997.
Personal Comments and Observations:
"My memory of one of the most controversial issues I dealt with was
the introduction of Maryland's first financial disclosure law. The bill
was passed in the last hour and led to a controversial Special Session
of the Maryland General Assembly just to deal with that particular issue.
Another memory is my filibuster against the Maryland Race Track legislation
on the closing night of the 1972? 1973? session which would lead to the
indictment and conviction of Governor Marvin Mandel."
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