Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Donald C. Fry
MSA SC 3520-12226

Biography:

Born in Killeen, Texas, June 23, 1955.  Attended Bel Air Senior High School; Frostburg State College, B.S., 1977; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1979.  Married; one son.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Harford County, 1991-97.  Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1991-92; Appropriations Committee, 1992-97; Capital Budget Subcommittee; Oversight Committee on Personnel; Oversight Committee on Program Open Space & Agricultural Land Preservation; chair, Transportation & the Environment Subcommittee, 1995-97.  Member, Joint Transportation Financing Committee (Transportation 2000), 1994.  House vice-chair, Joint Legislative Work Group on Community College Financing, 1994-95.  Member, Special Joint Task Force on Transportation, 1995; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995-97.  House chair, Joint Committee to Study Mandates on Local Government, 1995-97. Member, Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97.  Chair, Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997.  Chair, Harford County Delegation, 1992, 1995-97.  Senate, District 35, 1997-99.  Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 1997-99; Public Safety, Transportation, Economic Development and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Joint Audit Committee, 1998-99; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1998-99.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Attorney.  Member, Maryland State and Harford County Bar Associations.  Citizen member, Board of Estimates, Harford County, 1978-82.  Member, Democratic Central Committee of Harford County, 1980-82; chair, 1986-90.  President, Bel Air Jaycees, 1983.  Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Northeastern District, 1984-89; chair, 1986-89.  Chair, Commission on Human Relations, 1988-89; member, 1985-89.  Member, Baltimore/Washington International Airport Advisory Committee, 1993.  Co-chair, Sound Barrier Review Panel, 1995-96.  Member, Council on Management and Productivity, 1995-97; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 1998; Aquaculture Advisory Committee, 1998-99.  Chair, Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998-99.  Executive vice-president and general counsel, Greater Baltimore Committee.  Named one of Ten Outstanding Young Marylanders by Maryland Jaycees, 1988. Member, Society of Senates Past.

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