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advisor for thirty years Deputy State's Attorney,
Baltimore County, 1943 - 1947, Assistant County So-
licitor, Baltimore County, 1951 - 1956, Deputy County
Solicitor, 1956 - 1966 Married, 2 children
ROBERT 1. H. HAMMERMAN. Eighth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1967 — Born in Baltimore, July 17, 1928
Attended Baltimore City College, Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, BA, 1950, Harvard Law School, JD, 1953
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1953 Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar
Associations, AiiiciiLaii Judicatuie Society Advisor,
Lancers Boys Club, president, Har Sinai Congregation
Brotherhood, former president, City College Alumni
Association, former president, Greater Baltimore Chap-
ter March of Dimes, former member. Governor's Com-
mission on Law Enforcement and Administrative Jus-
tice, former member, Board of Directors, Better
Business Bureau, Jewish Community Center, Johns
Hopkins Club Baltimore City College Hall of Fame,
Golden Deeds Award, Exchange Club, Man of the
Year, Hebrew Noble Ladies, Afro-Amencan Honor
Role for Supenor Public Service, Annual Award for
Humanitarian Service, National Council of Jewish
Women Unmarried
JOHN RAYMOND HARGROVE, SR. Eighth Judi-
cial Circuit, 1974 — Born in Atlantic City, New Jer-
sey, October 25, 1923 Attended St Cathenne's Acade-
my, Frederick Douglass High School, Morgan State
College, Howard University, B A, 1947, University of
Maryland School of Law, LL B , 1950 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1950 Served in the US Army Mem-
ber, National, Maryland State, Baltimore City, and
Monumental City Bar Associations, Character Commit-
tee, Court of Appeals Assistant U S attorney for the
District of Maryland, 1955, deputy U S attorney,
1957 -1962, associate Judge of the Peoples Court,
Baltimore City, 1962 - 1963, associate Judge for the
Municipal Court, Baltimore City, 1968 - 1971, admin-
istrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, 1971 -
1974 Married, 4 children
EDWARD D. HIGINBOTHOM. Third Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1974 — Born in Ellicott Qty, February 28,
1914 Attended St Margaret's, Bel Air, and Loyola
High School, Baltimore, Loyola College, AB, 1934,
University of Maryland, LL B, 1938 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1938 Served in the US Army Mem-
ber, American, Maryland, and Harford County Bar
Associations Order of the Coif, University of Mary-
land, 1938 Member, Bel Air Rotary Club Marned, 4
children
NAT W. HOPPER. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1975 —
Born in De Soto County, Mississippi, January 5, 1921
Attended the University of Maryland, George Washing-
ton University, LL B, 1950 Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1965 Served in the US Marine Corps Member,

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American, Maryland State, and Anne Arundel County
Bar Associations Member, Attorney Grievance Com-
mission, 1975, president, Association of Defense Trial
Counsel, 1974 - 1975 Member, Annapolitan Club,
Naval Academy Golf Association, Bay Hills Country
Club Marned, 2 children
CULLEN H. HORMES. Third Judicial Circuit,
1978 — Born in Baltimore, February 26, 1923
Attended Baltimore County public schools, University
of Maryland, LLB, 1951 Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1931 Served in the US Army Chief Judge,
Peoples Court of Baltimore County, 1967 - 1971, asso-
ciate Judge, District Court of Maryland, 1971 - 1978
Marned, 2 children
JOSEPH C. HOWARD. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1968 — Born in Des Moines, Iowa, December 9, 1922
Attended Des Moines public schools, University of
Iowa, B A , 1949, Drake University Law School, J D ,
1954, Drake University, MS, 1955 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1959 Served in the US Army Member,
Amencan and Monumental City Bar Associations,
World Association of Judges Chief Judge of the Cnmi-
nal Court, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1975 -
1976 Kappa Alpha Psi Achievement Award, 1973, Bi-
centennial Judicial Award, 1976, BenJamin Banneker
Public Service Award, 1975, Outstanding Citizen, Ome-
ga Psi Phi, 1968 Author of Admmtstratwn of Rape
Cases in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland
(1968), Employment Practices in the Administration of
Justice Under the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
(1975), Racial Discrimination in Sentencing (1975), and
The Criminal Justice System in the People's Republic of
China. Some Observations. Marned, 1 child
SHIRLEY B. JONES. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1961 — Born in Cambndge, June 27, 1925 Attended
the public schools of Dorchester County, University of
Baltimore, A A, 1944, University of Baltimore Law
School, J D , 1946 Member, Amencan, Maryland State,
Baltimore City, and Womens Bar Associations, Judica-
ture Society Member of several State study commis-
sions and a former member of the Board of Trustees,
University of Baltimore Assistant (aty solicitor, Qty of
Baltimore, 1952 -1958, assistant attorney general,
1958 - 1959, Judge, Orphans' Court of Baltimore Qty,
1959 - 1961 Marned
JOSEPH H. H. KAPLAN. Eighth Judicial Qrcuit,
1976 — Born in Brooklyn, New York, January 2,
1937 Attended The Johns Hopkins University, A B,
1957, University of Chicago Law School, JD, 1960
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961 Served in the
U S Army, U S Army National Guard, U S Air Force
Reserve, and U S Navy Reserve Member, Amencan,
Maryland State, and Baltimore Qty Bar Associations.
Assistant US Attorney for the Distnct of Maryland,
1963 - 1965, executive secretary, Mayor's Advisory