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City Council for a four-year term)
Benjamin L. Brown
Department of Legislative Reference
Bernard F. Murphy, Director
Richard J. Cox, Records Management Officer
Public Safety
Police Commissioner
(Appointed as per section 16-5, subtitle 16, Code of
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City, 1969 ed.)
Donald D. Pomerleau 1984
Jail Board
(Composed of 7 members, 6 appointed by the
Mayor with the consent of the City Council for
four-year terms, 1 ex officio)
H. Mebane Turner, President 1982
Calvin A. Lightfoot, Acting Warden
Chief Medical Examiner
Russell S. Fisher, M.D.
Fire Commissioners
(Appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the
City Council)
Calhoun Bond, President 1979
Commissioner of Transit and Traffic
Hugo C. Leim, Jr.
Office of Disaster Control and Civil Defense
(Appointed by the Governor upon the recommen-
dation of the Mayor of Baltimore City)
William U. Ogletree, Director
Mayor's Traffic Safety Commission
(Appointed by the Mayor for an indefinite term)
Mose Ottenheimer 11, Chairperson
Health, Education, and Welfare
Commissioner of Health
(Appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the
City Council for a six-year term)
John B. DeHoff, M.D.
Baltimore City Hospital Commission
(Consists of 7 members. Six members are
appointed by the Mayor for six-year terms with
two expiring every second year.The Director of
Social Services serves as an ex officio member.
The Director is appointed by the Mayor with
the advice and approval of the City Hospital
Commission.)
Elmont B. Drayton, Chairperson
George Havercheck, Director

Board of School Commissioners
(Appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the
City Council for six-year terms)
Mark K. Joseph, President 1980
Beryl W. Williams, Vice-President
Grover L. McCrea, Jr. 1980
Howard E. Marshall 1980
Betty Hyatt 1982
Sheila K. Sachs 1982
Narindar V. Kelly
Dr. Monroe Saunders, Sr.
Vacancy 1982
Superintendent of Instruction
(Appointed by the Board of School Commissioners)
Dr. John L. Crew, Sr.
Community College of Baltimore
Charles G. Tildon, Jr., Chairperson 1980
Dr. Rafael L. Cortada, President
Director of Social Services
(Appointed by the Mayor from the State Merit
System list)
Ernestine Jones, Acting Director
Social Services Commission
(Composed of 9 members, 7 appointed by the
Mayor for six-year terms, 2 ex officio)
Charles F. Obrecht, Chairperson 1979
Francis Hargrove 1979
Vivian E. Washington 1979
Stanley Mazeroff 1980
James H. Edwards 1983
Alonzo P. Moss 1983
T. Frederick Motz
Quentin Lawson, Mayor's staff, represents Wil-
liam D. Schaefer, Mayor, ex officio
John B. DeHoff, M.D., Commissioner of Health,
ex officio
Community Relations Commission
(Consists of 10 members appointed by the Mayor
with the approval of the City Council for
three-year terms. The Director is appointed by
the Commission from within the civil service
roster).
John B. Ferron, Director
Board of Recreation and Parks
(Composed of 7 members, 6 appointed by the
Mayor with the consent of the City Council for
six-year staggered terms, 1 appointed by the
Board of School Commissioners. The Director
is appointed from the civil service roster.)
Douglas S. Tawney, Director
Vacancy, Executive Secretary