Delegates/71

A. WADE KACH, Republican, District 11. Born in Baltimore, July 19, 1947.
Attended Baltimore City public schools; Towson State College; Western Maryland
College, B.A., 1970. Mathematics teacher. Member, Baltimore City Republican State
Central Committee, 1970-1973. Maryland Presidential Elector, 1972. Chairman,
Maryland Federation College Republicans, 1970. Representative to Teachers Associ-
ation of Baltimore County. Member, Maryland State Teachers Association; National
Education Association; Brookshire Community Association II; Elks. Unmarried.
Member of the House of Delegates since 1975. District office: 15 Brookshire Dr.,
Reisterstown 21136; tel. 833-3717. Annapolis office: 309 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel.
269-2544.

THOMAS B. KERNAN, Democrat, District 10. Born in Baltimore, May 12, 1948.
Attended Baltimore County parochial schools; Baltimore City public schools; Uni-
versity of Maryland, B.A. President of insurance agency. Married. Member of the
House of Delegates since 1975. Served on Constitutional and Administrative Law
Committee, 1975- 1976; member House Ways and Means Committee, 1977- 1978.
District office: 1600 White Oak Ave., Baltimore 21234; tel. 665-0606. Annapolis of-
fice: 308 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 269-2540.

FRANK J. KOMENDA, Democrat, District 27. Born in Washington, D.C., Novem-
ber 25, 1934. Attended Washington, D.C., parochial schools; Prince George's County
public schools; George Washington University, A.B., 1959. Owner of retail hardware
store. Served in the U.S. Army, 1954-1957. Chairman, Prince George's County
Charter Review Committee, 1973 -1974. Member, Oxon Hill Democratic Club;
Alben Barkley Democratic Club. Past president. Prince George's County Unit, Ameri-
can Cancer Society; former board member. Heart Association of Southern Maryland;
former member, Executive Committee, National Lutheran Home for the Aged; former
member. Executive Committee, National Conference of Christians and Jews. Past
president, PTA; past president, Padgett's Comer Merchants Association. Member,
board of trustees. Greater Southeast Community Hospital; member, National Invita-
tional Planning Forum, American Hospital Association; Maryland Health Educational
Institute. Member, Prince George's County Board of Trade; South Gate Lions Club;
Sons of Italy; Crescent City Jaycees; American Legion. Member of the House of
Delegates since 1975. District office: 6192 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill 20021; tel.
567-9770. Annapolis office: 207 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 269-2741.

NANCY K. KOPP, Democrat, District 16. Born in Coral Gables, Florida, December
7, 1943. Attended elementary and secondary schools in Illinois and California; Welles-
ley College, B.A., cum laude; University of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D. work. National De-
fense Education Fellow. Political scientist; former University teacher; Congressional
and State legislative staff member. Chairperson, Legislative Study Group (1977 —
1978). Committee on Legislative Improvement and Modernization, National Confer-
ence of State Legislatures, 1976—. Treasurer, Maryland Order of Women
Legislators, 1975—. Member, Montgomery County Council's Status of Women
Committee, 1970- 1971. Former vice-president. Western Suburban Democratic Club.
Member, Woman's National Democratic Club; Women's Suburban Democratic Club;
Maryland Citizens' Consumer Council; AAUW; League of Women Voters, American
Political Science Association. Named Outstanding Young Woman of Maryland, 1978.
Married; one child. Member of the House of Delegates since 1975. Vice-chairperson,
Appropriations Subcommittee (1976- 1978); chairperson. Joint Committee on Pro-
gram Review & Evaluation in Social Services (1977 — ); member. Joint Committee on
Energy (1977—). District office: 6301 Dahlonega Rd., Bethesda 20016; tel. 229-0385.
Annapolis office: 223 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 269-2651.