Decatur W. "Bucky" Trotter (1932-2004)
MSA SC 3520-12137
Biography:
Born in Washington, D.C., January 8, 1932. Attended Washington, D.C., public schools; Virginia State University, B.S., 1956. Married; two daughters. Died May 3, 2004, in Baltimore, Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Prince George's County, 1975-79. Member,
Ways and Means Committee, 1975-79. Senate, 1983-99. Member,
Budget and Taxation Committee, 1983-92; Special Joint Committee on Pensions,
1984-99. Chair, Legislative Black Caucus, 1986-88. Member,
Special Joint Committee on the Medical Assistance Program, 1988-92; Joint
Expenditure Study Group on Education and Human Resources, 1991; Finance
Committee, 1993-99; Welfare Reform Subcommittee. Chair, Rules Committee,
1995-99; Legislative Policy Committee, 1995-99; Joint Audit Committee (formerly
Joint Committee on Budget and Audit), 1995-99; Joint Committee on Legislative
Ethics, 1995-99; Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 1996-99; Task Force
to Study County Property-Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues, 1997.
Senate chair, Joint Committee on Fair Practices, 1997-99.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Director, Trotter-Speights & Associates, business consultants.
Vice-President for New Development, American Capital Partners, Landover,
Maryland. Former adult rehabilitation director for Bureau of Rehabilitation.
Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988, 1996. Former member,
Maryland Municipal League. Served in U.S. Army, 1950-52. Member, Town Council,
Town of Glenarden, 1961-68. Mayor of Glenarden, 1970-74. Judge, Orphans'
Court, Prince George's County, 1982-83. Member, Task Force on Infrastructure
Financing, 1985-86; Governor's Commission on Black and Minority Health,
1986-88; Project Advisory Council, Children and Family Services Reform
Initiative, 1989-96; Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission, 1990-95;
State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services, 1990-95; Governor's Task Force
on the Fair Imposition of Capital Punishment in Maryland, 1996; Task Force
to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996; Boot Camp Independent
Assessment Team, 1999; Maryland Municipal League; Task Force to Study County
Property-Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues, 1997-date unknown; Commission
to Study the Feasibility of Hosting the Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA) Basketball Championship in Prince George's County, 1997-unknown.
Chair, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 2001-02 (member,
1999-2004; vice-chair, 2000-01). Chair, Washington Suburban Transit Commission,
2004 (member, 1999-2004). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention,
1988, 1996.
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