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Unit Chief, Enforcement Section, OPA. Member, Amer-
ican and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Maryland
House of Delegates, 1955-1973. Chairman, Labor
Committee, 1963-1967; member. Committee on Legis-
lative Review, 1965 Session; chairman, Motor Vehicle
Committee, 1967 Session; member, House Judiciary
Committee. Member, Governor's Study Group on Vo-
cational Rehabilitation; Governor's Commission to
Study Workmen's Compensation Laws; Intergovern-
metal Cooperation Committee; Governor's Task Force
to Develop a System of Periodic Motor Vehicle Inspec-
tion; Governor's Commission to Study Driver Educa-
tion. Member, American Jewish Congress, B'nai B'rith;
Citizens Planning and Housing Association; Mt. Wash-
ington Improvement Association; Mason; founder and
Board member, Bonnie View Country Club; Green
Spring Valley Synagogue. Married; 2 children, Bruce
Edelman and Amy Michele.

JOHN H. GARMER. District Court, District 8,
1980—. Born in Baltimore, June 23, 1934. Attended
College of the Holy Cross, B.S., 1956; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1964. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1965. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1st
Lieutenant, 1956-1959. Member, Maryland State and
Baltimore County Bar Associations. Assistant State's
attorney for Baltimore County, 1970-1980. Member,
Optimist Club of Towsontowne (past president; past
Maryland District lieutenant governor); Knights of Co-
lumbus. Married; 6 children.

MILTON GERSON. District Court, District 2, 1971—.
Born in Frostburg, September 25, 1914. Attended Beall
High School; Potomac State College; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1937. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1937. Served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Married; 3 children.

ROBERT JAMES GERSTUNG. District Court, Dis-
trict 1, 1969—. Born in Baltimore, May 18, 1932.
Attended Mount St. Joseph's; Villanova, B.S., 1954;
University of Maryland, J.D., 1957; Johns Hopkins
University, M.L.A., 1970. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1957. Member, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Ad-
ministrator of Loan Laws for Maryland, 1967-1969.
Associate professor in Political Science, Loyola College;
associate professor, University College, University of
Maryland. Chairman, Education Committee of the Judi-
cial Conference. Baltimore Kicker's Club; Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick. Man of All Seasons Award, Thomas
More Society, 1978. Married; 5 children.

WM. DUNBAR GOULD. District Court, District 3,
1971—. Born in Church Hill, April 21, 1914. Attended
St. Paul's School; Kenyon College, Ph.B., 1935; Univer-
sity of Baltimore, LL.B., 1941. Admitted to the Mary-
land Bar, 1941. Served in the U.S. Navy. Married; 3
children.

EDWARD DEAL HARDESTY. District Court, Dis-
trict 8, 1971—. Born in Baltimore City, December 11,
1930. Attended Forest Park High School; University of
Baltimore, A.A., 1950; University of Baltimore Law
School, LL.B., 1953. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1953. Member, Baltimore County Bar Association. As-

District Court Biographies

sistant County Solicitor; deputy zoning commissioner,
and zoning commissioner, Baltimore County. Member,
Airport Zoning Board; Commission on Judicial Dis-
abilities. Member, Rotary Club of Arbutus. Three chil-
dren.

EDWIN H. W. HARLAN, JR. District Court, District
9, 1978—. Born in Baltimore, April 21, 1921. Attended
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia; Washing-
ton and Lee University, A.B., 1948; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1952. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1952. Law clerk, Court of Appeals, 1952
-1953. Served in the U.S. Army. Member, Maryland
State Bar Association. State's attorney, Harford Coun-
ty, 1963-1978; attorney for the Liquor Control Board,
Harford County, 1955-1958. Married; 4 children.

ROBERT S. HEISE. District Court, District 7,
1964—. Born in Annapolis, August 28, 1923. Attended
Annapolis High School; University of Baltimore, A.A.,
1949; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1952. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S. Army
Air Corps. Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Associ-
ation; American Judicature Society; Executive Commit-
tee of the Maryland Judicial Conference. President,
Board of Recreation and Parks for the City of Annapo-
lis, 1954-1956; attorney for the Board of Election Su-
pervisors, Anne Arundel County, 1955-1959. Member,
Lions Club, Elks. Married; 3 children.

S. WILLIAM HINKEL. District Court, District 8,
1971—. Born in Baltimore City, April 4, 1932.
Attended Baltimore City public schools; University of
Baltimore, A.A., 1956; University of Baltimore School
of Law, LL.B., 1959. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1959. Honorary member, Baltimore County Bar Associ-
ation. Maryland House of Delegates, 1967-1970. Peo-
ples counsel, Public Service Commission, 1970-1971. 3
children.

BOND LARRY HOLFORD, SR. District Court, Dis-
trict 5, 1978—. Born in Washington, D.C., May 12,
1921. Attended Eastern High School, Washington,
D.C.; George Washington University, A.A., 1948;
George Washington University Law Schoool, J.D.,
1950. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in
the U.S. Navy. Member, Maryland State, Prince
George's County, and District of Columbia Bar Associ-
ations. Prince George's County Master for Domestic
Relations, 1974-1977. Order of the Coif; Prince
George's County Chamber of Commerce Award of Ex-
cellence (1973) and Award for Outstanding Service
(1974). Married; 3 children.

ROBERT D. HORSEY. District Court, District 2,
1976—. Born in Marion, August 19, 1933. Attended
Crisfield High School; University of North Carolina;
University of Baltimore, A.A., 1959; LL.B., 1961. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961. Served in the U.S.
Army. State's attorney, Somerset County, for ten years.
Married; 3 children.

NEAL M. JANEY. District Court, District 1, 1980—.
Born in Baltimore, May 10, 1948. Attended Baltimore
City public schools; Baltimore City College; Morgan