C. Richard D'Amato
MSA SC 3520-2771

Biography:

Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, September 28, 1942.  Attended Cornell University, B.A., cum laude, government, 1964; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University and Tufts University, M.A., M.A.L.D., law and diplomacy, 1967; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1980.  Married.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 30 (D), Anne Arundel County, 1999-2003.  Member, Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003; Education and Economic Development Subcommittee, 1999-2003; Oversight Committee on Pensions, 1999-2003; Oversight Committee on Personnel, 1999-2003. Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2002-2003.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2001-; Task Force to Study Lighting Efficiency and Light Pollution in Maryland, 2001-02; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the
State's Water Resources, 2002-. Captain, U.S. Navy Reserve; served in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm.  Assistant professor of government, U.S. Naval Academy, 1968-71.  Serving Officer, U.S.S. King, 1971-73.  Legislative director, U.S. Representative James Jeffords of Vermont, 1975-78.  Legislative assistant and chief of staff, U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, 1978-80.  Staff director and counsel to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, 1980-87.  Chief democratic counsel, U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, 1988-98.  Chair, Taste of the Nation, Annapolis Share Our Strength, 1996-.  Adjunct assistant professor of political science, U.S. Naval Academy, 1998-.  Member, Maryland State, District of Columbia and Colorado Bar Associations.  Member, Eastport Civic Association; Severn River Association; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; South County Democratic Club.

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