Wheeler R. Baker , MSA SC 3520-12181

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Wheeler R. Baker
MSA SC 3520-12181

Biography:

Born in Easton, Maryland, November 26, 1946. Attended Centreville High School. Married; three children.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 36 (D), Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot Counties, 1995-2003. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1995-2003 (oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation, 1995-2003; capital budget subcommittee, 1997-2003; oversight committee on pensions, 2002-2003; vice-chair, public safety & administration subcommittee, 1997-2003; chair, oversight committee on personnel, 1999-2003); Member, Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1995-2003; Joint Committee on Pensions, 1996-2003; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995-98, 1999; Task Force to Study the State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities, 2002-2003. Chair, Queen Anne's County Delegation, 1995-2003.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Air Force, 1964-68. Businessman. Member, Queen Anne's County Democratic Central Committee, 1974-78. Member, Board of County Commissioners, Queen Anne's County, 1986-90. Member, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1995-2001; Commission to Study Ways to Improve the Financial Viability of the Racing Industry, 1997-99; Statewide 800-MHz Communications System Oversight Committee, 1999; Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001; Kent Narrows Development Foundation. Task
Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2000-01; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland,
2001-. Man of the Year, Jaycees, 1980. Inducted into American Powerboat Association, 1987.

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