Society of Senates Past
Roster

IDAMAE GARROTT
Democrat, District 19.

Born in Washington, D.C., December 24, 1916.  Attended Hyattsville High School; Western Maryland College, A.B., 1936 (summa cum laude).  Died in Silver Spring Maryland, June 13, 1999.

General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1979-87.  Ways and Means Committee.
Member of Senate, 1987-94.  Member, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittees on the Environment and Health; Joint Committees on Federal Relations and Federal-State-Local Relations; Coordination Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders; Early Childhood Development Council; State Advisory Council for Handicapped Individuals.  Vice-Chair, Montgomery County Senate Delegation.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Teacher, government and history, Baltimore city schools, 1938-48.  Founder, Montgomery County League of Women Voters, 1952; President, 1962-66.  Montgomery County Council, 1966-74; President, 1971; Chair, Planning Committee, 1970-74.  Board Member, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 1972-74; Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 1971-74, Chair, 1972; Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, President, 1974, Chair, Land Use Committee, 1969-74; Chair, Solid Waste Management Agency of Metropolitan Washington, 1969-74.  Founder, Citizens for a Better Montgomery County.  Past President, Montgomery County Humane Society, Honorary Member, Wheaton Rescue Squad, Board Member, 1982-84; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Western Maryland College; John Dewey Award, 1982; Humanitarian Award, Montgomery County Education Association, 1985.  Maryland NARFE Federation Award, 1988.  Author, Paying Our Way:  Maryland State Taxes and You.  "Best all-around woman student" award, Western Maryland College.

Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and from "Montgomery Politician Idamae Garrott Dies," The Washington Post, 14 June 1999.