the Duke University Law School. He is engaged in special projects
sales and surveys. He entered the Navy Aviation Cadet Program as
Seaman, 2/c in 1939, and was discharged as Lt. Commander in 1946,
receiving the Air Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation. Member
of the Commission on Tidewater Fisheries 1949-1950. Married.
Elected to the Senate in 1950.

C. FERDINAND SYBERT, Democrat, Howard County; born at Loretta,
Pennsylvania, September 16, 1900. Attended parochial schools in
Elkridge and Baltimore; Loyola College, Baltimore, graduating in
1922. Graduated from the Law School of the University of Maryland
in 1925 and admitted to the Bar the same year. Served as Counsel to
the Board of County Commissioners of Howard County, 1931-1934
and as State's Attorney for Howard County, 1934-1946. Served as
Appeal Agent Howard County Selective Service Board, 1940-1945.
President of the Howard County Bar Association 1945-1948. Member
State Bar Association. Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in
1946, elected Speaker, 1947, 1949 and 1950. Elected to the Senate in
1950.

EDWARD TURNER, Democrat, Queen Anne's County; born in Centre-
ville, August 15, 1915. Attended the public schools of Centreville,
Washington College and the Law School of George Washington Uni-
versity, graduating in 1941. Attorney. Member of the Maryland Bar,
Rotary, American Legion and V. F. W. Served with the U. S. Navy
in the Pacific theatre during World War II, receiving commendations,
discharged as Lieutenant in 1946. Member Legislative Council. Un-
married. Elected to the Senate in 1950.

JOHN GRASON TURNBULL, Democrat, Baltimore County; born at
Towson, Maryland, January 23, 1909. Attended McDonogh School,
the Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Law School, gradu-
ating in 1932. Admitted to the Bar the same year. Deputy State's
Attorney for Baltimore County, 1939-1943. Member of the House
of Delegates, 1943, resigning to enter the Army the same year;
inducted as Private, discharged as Captain, JAG. State's Attorney
for Baltimore County, 1947-1948. Member Legislative Council. Mar-
ried. Appointed to the Senate in 1948.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES

JOSEPH A. ACKER, Democrat, Baltimore 3rd; born in Baltimore,
December 19, 1898. Attended St. James Parochial School. Investi-
gator and adjuster. Served as member of Panel of War Labor Board
1943-1945. Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1950.

JOHN T. ADAMS, Democrat, Dorchester County; born in Cambridge,
April 29, 1905. Attended the public schools of Cambridge. Fuel
Dealer. Judge of the Orphans' Court 1938-1950. Master Mason, mem-
ber of Advisory Committee Boy Scouts Troop 188. Married. Elected
to the House of Delegates in 1950.

WILSIE H. ADAMS, Democrat, Baltimore County; born in Balti-
more, January 2, 1909. Attended the public schools of Baltimore and
Baltimore Business College. Owner of a trucking company. Served
in the U. S. Army 1943. Member American Legion, Lions, Moose.
Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1950.

HORACE M. ALEXANDER, Republican, Frederick County; born in
Woodsboro, Frederick County, January 6, 1913. He was graduated