JAMES F. COUCH, JR. Court of Special Appeals,
1977— Born in Des Moines, Iowa, May 30, 1917.
Attended Western High School, Washington, D.C.;
George Washington University; Washington College of
Law at the American University, J.D., 1941. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in the U.S. Army.
Member, Maryland State and Prince George's County
Bar Associations. Judge, District Court of Maryland,
1971-1972; Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
1972-1977. Married; 1 child.
SOLOMON LISS. Court of Special Appeals, 1976—.
Born in Baltimore, March 6, 1915. Attended Baltimore
City College; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1937. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1937. Member, American,
Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar Associations;
American Trial Lawyers Association. B'nai B'rith Man
of the Year; Heritage Award, Yeshiva University; Jew-
ish National Fund Man of the Year. Police Court mag-
istrate, 1940-1944; Baltimore City Council, 1954-
1962; metropolitan advisor to the mayor, 1963; chair-
man, Public Service Commission of Maryland, 1964-
1968. Member, Cassia Lodge, Masons; Yedz Grotto;
past president. Golden Eagle Square and Compass
Club; chairman. Executive Committee, Maryland Judi-
cial Conference; board member, Beth Jacob Congrega-
tion. Married, 5 children.
THOMAS HUNTER LOWE. Court of Special Ap-
peals, 1973—. Born in Talbot County, January 8, 1928.
Attended Baltimore City College; Towson State Junior
College, A.A., 1950; Washington College, A.B., 1952;
University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1956.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in the U.S.
Marine Corps. Member, American, Maryland State,
and Talbot County Bar Associations; American Judica-
ture Society; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; fellow,
Maryland Bar Foundation. Maryland House of Dele-
gates, 1959-1973; House Judiciary Committee, 1959-
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1968 (chairman, 1963-1968); House Majority Leader,
1967-1968; Speaker, House of Delegates, 1969 1973;
Maryland Legislative Council, 1963-1973; past mem-
ber, Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of
Maryland (vice-president). Married; 1 child.
H. KEMP MacDANIEL. Court of Special Appeals,
1978—. Born in Baltimore, June 3, 1921. Attended
Catonsville High School; University of Maryland; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1951. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the U.S.
Armed Forces. Judge, Circuit Court of Baltimore, Third
Judicial Circuit, 1966-1978. Maryland House of Dele-
gates, 1959-1966. Married; 4 children.
DAVID T. MASON. Court of Special Appeals, 1974—.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, December 6, 1914.
Attended Lincoln University; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1951, J.D., 1969. Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the U.S. Armed
Forces. Member, Baltimore City Jail Board, 1954-
1963; hearing examiner and appeals referee, Department
of Employment Security, 1955-1962; assistant state's
attorney, Baltimore City, 1962-1964; assistant attorney
general for the State of Maryland, 1964- 1969, chief of
the Criminal Division, 1967-1969; chairman, Maryland
State Board of Parole, 1969-1972; secretary, Depart-
ment of Employment and Social Services, 1972 -1974;
delegate, Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967
(member. Executive Committee). Divorced; 1 child.
RIDGELY P. MELVIN, JR. Court of Special Appeals,
1974—. Born in Annapolis, September 26, 1917. Grad-
uated from Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virgin-
ia, 1936; Princeton University, A.B., 1940; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1947. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in the U.S. Naval Reserve,
1940-1945. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Anne Arundel County Bar Associations; American Ju-
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