National Association, for the Advancement of Colored People; National
Order of Women Legislators; Women Power; Women's Cooperative
Civic League. Board member, Maryland Chapter, National Multiple
Sclerosis Society; Provident Hospital. Member, Delta Sigma Theta
sorority. Received Distinguished First Award presented by American
Negro Emancipation Centennial Commission of Illinois, 1963; 1962
Woman of the Year Award presented by the Women's Auxiliary to
the National Medical Association; Afro-American Newspaper award
for superior public service; citation to outstanding soror, Baltimore
Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta sorority; Outstanding Achieve-
ment Award, The Women of Morgan State College; Distinguished
Alumni Citation, Coppin State Teachers College; Certificate of Merit,
Baltimore Chapter, Howard University Alumni Association; Com-
munity Service Award, Baltimore Chapter, Business and Professional
Women's Clubs. Married. Member of the House of Delegates, 1959-63.
Member of the Senate since 1963.

H. WINSHIP WHEATLEY, JR., Democrat, Prince George's County;
born in Washington, D. C., March 22, 1908. Attended Prince George's
County public schools; Georgetown University; National University
Law School. Member of Maryland and District of Columbia Bars.
Served in U. S. Navy, World War II, 1941-46. Hyattsville City At-
torney, 1932-39. State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1939-41.
Appointed Special Prosecutor in. 1947. Active in Veterans' organiza-
tions. Married. Member of the Senate since 1955. Chairman, Banking,
Insurance and Social Security Committee, 1965-56 Sessions. Chairman,
Veterans and Civil Defense Committee, 1957-62 Sessions. Chairman,
Finance Committee and Majority Leader, 1963 Session.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES

JOSEPH ABRAMSON, Democrat, Baltimore 4th; born in Balti-
more, June 12, 1900. Attended Baltimore public schools. Merchant.
President of family group. Married. Member of the House of Dele-
gates since 1963.

MURRAY ABRAMSON, Democrat, Baltimore 4th; born in Balti-
more, December 28, 1902. Attended Baltimore public schools. Execu-
tive Secretary, Rent Housing Commission. Past Business Analyst,
O.P.S. Business Agent, Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Staff mem-
ber, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Married. Member
of the House of Delegates since 1955.

JOSEPH A. ACKER, Democrat, Baltimore 3rd; born in Baltimore,
December 19, 1898. Attended St. James parochial school. Investigator
and adjuster. Member, panel of the War Labor Board, 1943-45. Mar-
ried. Member of the House of Delegates since 1951.

FRED H. ANDERSON, Republican, Allegany County; born in Fort
Ashby, W. Va., June 3, 1920. Attended Cumberland public schools;
Fairmount State College; University of Maryland Law School, LL.B.,
1952. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served with the U. S. Air
Force, 1941-45. Magistrate, Allegany County Juvenile Court, 1957-59.
Member, American, Maryland, and Allegany County Bar Associations.
Vestryman, St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Member, Board of Directors,
Cumberland Chamber of Commerce; Cumberland Rotary Club; Cum-
berland Y.M.C.A. Member, Eagles; Masons; Shrine; American Legion.
Married. Member of the House of Delegates since 1962. 1

1 Appointed to the House of Delegates, August 19, 1962, vice Estel C. Kelley,
deceased.