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in 1971. The Center also includes the Natural
Resources Institute (Chapter 776, Acts of 1961),
which conducts a comprehensive program of re-
search and education related to the resources of
Maryland. Institute facilities include the Chesa-
peake Biological Laboratory at Solomons Island
on the Patuxent River, the Marine Products Lab-
oratory at Crisfield (formerly the Seafood Pro-
cessing Laboratory), the College Park Station at
College Park (now under the direction of the Ap-
palachian Environmental Laboratory), and the
Appalachian Environmental Laboratory on the
Frostburg State College Campus. Specialized fa-
cilities include research vessels up to sixty-five
feet in length, the new Reginald V. Truitt Envi-
ronmental Laboratory located at the Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory at Solomons, and hatcher-
ies at Horn Point for shellfish of the Bay Region.
The research programs of the Center presently
involve studies of the Chesapeake Bay and its
best uses; forests, fish, and wildlife of the land
areas of the State; waste management; energy
conservation; noise control and abatement; and
investigations directed toward basic comprehen-
sion of the Maryland environment. Educational
emphasis includes estuarine ecology, resource
analysis, the process of public decision making in
matters that affect environmental quality, and en-
vironmental education in cooperation with other
public agencies and groups.
A wide series of publications is issued, including
llie quai icily juunial, Chesupeuke Science, devoted
to research related to the Chesapeake Bay Region.
MARYLAND VETERANS COMMIS-
SION
Chairperson: Claude L. Callegary, 1984
David L. Brigham, 1979; William F. Thomas,
1980; Meyer Sokolow, 1981; John J. Deviin,
1982; T. Leo Sullivan, 1983; Richard C. Man.
ning, 1985; Robert T. O'Leary, 1985; Paul L.
Thompson, 1985.
John H. Eaton, Executive Director
Federal Building, Room IIOA
31 Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3550
The Maryland Veterans Commission was first
established by Chapter 344, Acts of 1924. It was
reorganized by Chapter 803, Acts of 1945, Chap-
ter 310, Acts of 1968, and Chapters 370 and 617,
Acts of 1971. In 1977 it was removed from the
jurisdiction of the Department of Human

Resources, formerly the Department of Employ-
ment and Social Services, and made an indepen-
dent agency (Chapter 895, Acts of 1977). It is
composed of nine Maryland veterans appointed
by the Governor for seven-year terms. One of the
members is designated by the Governor as the
Chairperson. Each congressional district is repre-
sented and one member serves at large. The Com-
mission appoints the State Service and Executive
Officer, who serves as administrative director of
the agency. The State Commanders of the Ameri-
can Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
Disabled American Veterans, the Marine Corps
League, the World War 1 Veterans, the Amvets,
the Catholic War Veterans, the Jewish War
Veterans, the Maryland Retired Officers Associa-
tion, the Polish-American Veterans, and a desig-
nee of the Fleet Reserve Association as deter-
mined by its Board of Directors of Branch 6 serve
as an advisory committee to the Commission.
The Commission provides for the establishment
of veterans' cemeteries in Maryland, the acquisi-
tion, supervision and control of veterans' cemeter-
ies, and the requirements for eligibility for burial
in veterans' cemeteries in Maryland, as well as
other matters relating to veterans' cemeteries in
Maryland. The agency also assists veterans and
their dependents in securing federal. State, or lo-
cal aid to which they may be entitled. The Com-
mission maintains a permanent registry of graves
of all persons who served in the military or naval
forces of the country in time of war and who are
buried in Maryland (Code 1957, Art. 96-1/2,
sees. 3-7). In addition to its main office, it has in-
formation centers located in the following cities:
Annapolis:
Employment Security Office; Solomons Island
Road and Forest Drive 21401
Baltimore:
V. A. Hospital
3900 Loch Raven Blvd. 21218
Bel Air:
Equitable Building, Suite 209, 220 S. Main
Street 21004
Berlin:
Town Office
Bay and William Streets 21811
*Cambridge:
County Office Building, Room 106, 21613
Chestertown:
Employment Security Office
218 E. High Street 21620