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executive board of the Conference of Insurance Legisla-
tors of the United States, 1972-1974. Married; 2 chil-
dren.

JEROME ROBINSON. District Court, District 1,
1971—. Born in Baltimore, March 31, 1911. Attended
Baltimore City College; University of Baltimore Law
School, LL.B., 1931. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1932. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar
Associations. Past chairman of the Committee on Juve-
nile Courts and Delinquency and former vice-president
and chairman of the Committee on Laws, Maryland
State Bar Association. Municipal Court of Baltimore
City, 1961-1971. Maryland House of Delegates, 1939-
1961 (speaker pro tern, 1950-1961; vice-chairman,
House Ways and Means Committee; House deputy ma-
jority leader). Former president, Maryland Association
for Mental Health; former member. Executive Board,
National Association for Mental Health (chairman,
Council for Legislation and Public Policy); former
member. Advisory Committee, National Association of
State Mental Health Directors. Former member. Advi-
sory Committee for the Revision of the Baltimore City
Charter; Executive Council, National Legislative Con-
ference; Congressional Joint Commission on Correction-
al Manpower Training; Legislative Council of Maryland
(chairman of the committee that drafted the original
Defective Delinquent Statute). Author of article on de-
fective delinquency in State Government News. Honorary
Fellow, Maryland Psychiatric Society. Unmarried.

L. LEONARD RUBEN. District Court, District 6,
1974—. Born in Brooklyn, New York, March 24, 1925.
Attended McKinley High School, Washington, D.C.;
George Washington University, A.B., 1951, LL.B., J.D.,
1954. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965. Served in
the U.S. Navy. Member, Ethics Commission, Mont-
gomery County; American Arbitration Association.
Maryland House of Delegates, 1970-1974. Married; 4
children.

R. RUSSELL SADLER. District Court, District 10,
1980—. Born in Baltimore, October 16, 1926. Attended
Baltimore City schools; University of Baltimore, A.A.,
1953; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1955. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1955. Served in U.S. Navy, 1943-
1946. Member, Maryland State and Howard County
Bar Associations. Member, Hueisler Honor Society.
Appeals Tax Court, Howard County, 1970-1972; assis-
tant county solicitor, Howard County, 1972-1974; dep-
uty county solicitor, Howard County, 1974-1979; exec-
utive secretary, Howard County Council, 1979-1980.
Married; 1 child.

WERNER G. SCHOELER. District Court, District 8,
1971—. Born in Baltimore, September 4, 1930.
Attended Baltimore City public schools; University of
Maryland; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1953. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954. Member, Maryland
State and Baltimore County Bar Associations; past
member, American Judicature Society. Associate judge,
Peoples Court of Baltimore County, 1964-1968. Mem-
ber and former officer, Sigma Delta Kappa, found
member, Baltimore County Citizens Counsel on Drug
and Alcohol Abuse. Married; 3 children.

District Court Biographies

DIANE GAIL SCHULTE. District Court, District 10,
1980—. Born in Baltimore, November 20, 1945.
Attended Howard County Public Schools; George
Washington University, B.B.A., 1967; University of
Maryland Law School, J.D., 1970. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1970. Law clerk to the Honorable James
R. Miller, U.S. District Court, 1970-1971; assistant
state's attorney, Baltimore City, 1971-1973; assistant
county solicitor, Howard County, 1973-1974; chief
counsel, Maryland Senate Constitutional and Public
Law Committee, 1975-1976. Member, Criminal Law
and Litigation Section Council, Maryland Bar Associa-
tion. Recipient, Governor's Citation for Outstanding
Service to Maryland, 1979; Howard County Woman of
the Year, 1979; Merit Finalist, White House Fellow-
ship, 1976. Bar Examiner for State of Maryland, 1977-
1980; member. Governor's Commission on Racing Re-
form, 1979 to present; Howard County Commission on
Fine Arts, 1976-1978. Board of directors, Howard
County YMCA; Howard County Rape Crisis Center;
Howard County Humane Society; Howard County
Council on Alcoholism; University of Maryland Law
School Alumni Association; Howard County United
Fund. Unmarried.

D. WILLIAM SIMPSON. District Court, District 2,
1978—. Born in Camden, New Jersey, August 27,
1937. Attended Pennsgrove, New Jersey, public schools;
University of Delaware, B.A., 1959; University of
Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1963. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1963. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Wicomico County Bar Associations. Master
of Juvenile Causes, Wicomico County, 1976-1978.
Member, Optimist Club of Maryland; Elks Club; Advi-
sory Council and Boys Club Council, Salvation Army.
Married; 2 children.

DONALD M. SMITH. District Court, District 10,
1971—. Born in York, Pennsyvlania, May 21, 1931.
Attended public schools in Taneytown, Carroll County;
Western Maryland College, A.B., 1952; George Wash-
ington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1957.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1957. Served in the U.S.
Army. Member, American Legion; VFW; Taneytown
Rod and Gun Club; Taneytown Chamber of Commerce.
Lutheran Church member. Married; 2 children.

ALLEN B. SPECTOR. District Court, District 1,
1977—. Born in Baltimore, January 17, 1934. Attended
Baltimore City College; Eastern College, A.A., 1960;
University of Maryland; University of Baltimore, J.D.,
1962. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1962. Served in
the Judge Advocate General Corps. Member, Maryland
State and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Maryland
House of Delegates, 1966-1971. Baltimore City Coun-
cil, 1971-1977. Governor's Commission on Law En-
forcement and Justice, 1976-1977. Law instructor,
Dundalk Community College. Man of the Year Award,
Petach Tikvah Congregation Brotherhood; Distin-
guished Citizen Award, Talmadical Academy. Member,
Jefferson Lodge I.O.O.F.; Amicable Lodge, AF & AM;
B'nai B'rith; Board member. Safety First Club of Mary-
land, Board of Directors, Save-A-Heait of Maryland,
Board member, Jewish National Fund. Married; 3 chil-
dren.