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Maryland Bar, 1953 Member, National, Maryland
State, and Monumental City Bar Associations, Ameri-
can Judicature Society, Amencan Tnal Judges Associa-
tion, The Engineering Society of Baltimore, Inc Mem-
ber, Citizens Planning and Housing Association, former
member. Board of Directors, Lafayette Square Commu-
nity Center and the Northwest Community Council,
NAACP, Baltimore Urban League, active in Enon Bap-
tist Church Author of article on housing conditions in
Baltimore City Former District Court Judge, member,
Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, assistant city
solicitor, appeal agent for Draft Board No 22 Marned,
2 children
ALBERT T. BLACKWELL, JR. Seventh Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1975 — Born in Levels, West Virginia, June 27,
1925 Attended Glen Bumie High School, St Vincent
College, University of Maryland, AB, 1948, George
Washington University, LLB, 1950 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1951 Served in the US Air Force
Member, Maryland State and Prince George's County
Bar Associations Member, Hyattsville Optimist Club,
administrative board. University Methodist Church
Marned, 5 children
ELSBETH LEVY BOTHE. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1978 — Born in Baltimore, October 17, 1927
Attended Park School, University of Chicago, A B , 1947,
University of Zurich, University of Maryland, LL B,
1952 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952 Member,
Amencan, Maryland State, Baltimore City, and Womens
Bar Associations Elected to the Amencan Law Institute,
1976 Member, Constitutional Convention Commission,
1965- 1967, delegate, Constitutional Convention, 1967,
member, Board of Patuxent Institution, 1965 - 1972, as-
sistant public defender, 1972 - 1978 President, Amencan
Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and member of the
ACLU National Board (resigned 1978), vice-president,
Citizens Planning and Housing Association (resigned
1978) Marned, no children
PERRY GRAY BOWEN, JR. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1964 — Born in Baltimore City, November 27, 1927
Attended Calvert County High School, University of
Maryland, AB, 1948, University of Maryland School
of Law, J D, 1950 Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1950 Served in the US Army Member, Amencan,
Maryland State, and Calvert County Bar Associations,
fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation Marned, 4 children
GEORGE W. BOWLING. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1978 — Born in Charles County, November 6, 1925
Attended Charles County public schools. University of
Maryland, University of Maryland School of Law, LL B >
1950 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1949 Served in the
U S Army Member, Amencan, Maryland State, and
Charles County Bar Associations State's attorney,
Charles County, 1954 -1960, judge, Distnct Court,
1971 - 1975 Mamed, 4 children

Circuit Court Biographies
AUSTIN W. BRIZENDINE. Third Judicial Circuit,
1978 — Born in Baltimore, November 7, 1915
Attended Baltimore Oty College, Dickinson College,
AB, 1939, University of Maryland School of Law,
J D, 1950 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1951 Lcdr
USNR active duty 1942-1945, 1951-1953 Member,
Amencan Bar Association (Sub-Committee on Defense
of Indigent Defendants, 1978), member, Baltimore
County Bar Association (Executive Council, 1972-
1978, secretary, 1975-1976, president, 1977-1978),
member, Maryland State Bar Association (Professional
Ethics and Onevance Committees, Negligence Section),
fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation Assistant County
Solicitor, Baltimore County, 1957-1959, Assistant
State's Attorney, Baltimore County, 1959-1966, The
Dissenters Law Club Member, Kiwanis Club of
Towson (president, 1962), Board of Managers, Towson
YMCA, 1960-1970, Gunpowder Youth Camps, Inc
(Board of Directors, president, 1972-1973), former
president, Towson Elementary PTA and Towsontowne
Junior High School PTA Manned, 3 children
WILLIAM R. BUCHANAN, SR. Third Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1976 — Born in Baltimore, July 25, 1926
Attended Mount St Joseph High School, Loyola Col-
lege, PhB, 1949, University of Maryland School of
Law, LLB, 1953 Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1953 Served in the US Army Member, Board of
Governors, Maryland State Bar Association, 1971 -
1972, past secretary and member, Executive Council,
Baltimore County Bar Association, Cnminal Law Sec-
tion, Amencan Bar Association Judge, Distnct Court,
1971 - 1976 Co-author and committee member, Pattern
Jury Instructions Past secretary. Board of Property Re-
view, Baltimore County, past president, Stoneleigh
Community Association, member Advisory Board, St
Joseph Hospital Marned, 5 children
DAVID L. CAHOON. Sixth Judicial Circuit,
1971 — Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, April 8,
1921 Attended public schools in Rockland and Fairha-
ven, Massachusetts, University of Maine College of En-
gineenng, Georgetown University School of Foreign
Service, BS, Public Administration, Georgetown Uni-
versity, LLB, 1951 Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1952
Served in the U S Army Air Force Member, Maryland
State and Montgomery County Bar Associations, Amer-
ican Judicature Society City attorney, Rockville,
1954 -1958, attorney, towns of Garrett Park and
Brookville, member, County Council, Montgomery
County, 1958-1962, Presidential Trustee, United Plan-
ning Organization, 1960- 1968, Democratic State Cen-
tral Committee, 1962-1966, County Attorney, Mont-
gomery County, 1967- 1971 Marned, 4 children
BRODNAX CAMERON, JR. Third Judicial Circuit,
1976 — Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, November
15, 1921 Attended Gilman School and Bel Air High
School, Pnnceton University, A B, 1943, University of