Society of Senates Past
Roster

DONALD C. FRY
Democrat, District 35, Harford & Cecil Counties

Born in Killeen, TX, 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:
Member of House of Delegates, 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; 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.
Member of Senate, 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.  Named one of Ten Outstanding Young Marylanders by Maryland Jaycees, 1988.  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.

Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives.