LAURENCE LEVITAN, Democrat, District 15. Born in Washington, D.C., Octo-
ber 22, 1933. Attended Washington, D.C., public schools; Washington and Lee Uni-
versity, B.S., 1955; George Washington Law School, J.D., 1958. Admitted to Mary-
land Bar, 1964. Past officer and director, Regency Estates Citizens Association and
Regency Estates Swim Club; past president and trustee, Georgetown Hill Elementa-
ry School PTA. Officer and director, Montgomery County Heart Association. Mem-
ber, Montgomery County Financial Advisory Committee, 1968-1970. Member and
past chairman. Joint Committee on Management of Public Funds. Member, Gover-
nor's Commission to Study Unification of the Circuit Court; Governor's Commission
to Study School Construction Programs; Tax Assessments Study Task Force Com-
mittee; Fiscal Affairs Committee, Southern Legislative Conference; Fiscal Affairs and
Oversight Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures; Special Committee
to Finance Agricultural Land Preservation; Joint Legislative Committee on Port of
Baltimore. Married. Member of the House of Delegates, 1971-1974. Member of the
Senate since 1975. Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee since 1979. Member,
Legislative Policy Committee; Financial Institutions Committee; Budget and Audit
Committee; Governor's Commission to Study Condominium Laws; Governor's
Commission on Compensation and Personnel Policies; Subcommittee on Revenue
Structure of the Task Force to Study State-Local Fiscal Relationships. District of-
fice: 11426 Georgetown Dr., Potomac 20854; tel. 656-0915. Annapolis office: 100
James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3169.

JOSEPH J. LONG, SR., Democrat, District 36. Born in Delmar, July 19, 1921.
Attended public schools in Salisbury and Delmar; Paynter Business School. Electri-
cian. Served with the U.S. Air Force, 1942-1946. Member, Salisbury City Council,
1958-1962. Member, Governor's Commission to Study Public Employee Labor Re-
lations; Governor's Commission to Study the Revision of the Child Labor Laws;

Governor's Advisory Committee on Elevators. Vice-chairman, Joint Committee to
Study the State Economy. President, Young Democratic Club of Wicomico County,
1960-1961. Member, Democratic Club of Wicomico County; Assateague Democrat-
ic Club; Salisbury Democratic Committee. Member, International Association of
Electrical Inspectors; l-ann Bureau; Moose; American Legion. Member, Bl-siale
Chesapeake Bay Commission. Married. Member of the House of Delegates, 1963-

1978. Chairman, Wicomico County Delegation, 1967-1978. Chairman, Subcommit-
tee on Labor and Management of Economic Matters Committee, 1968-1978. Chair-
man, Joint Governor's Commission on Study of Mobile Homes since 1976. Member
of the Senate since 1979. Member, Constitutional and Public Law Committee since

1979. District office: 730 S. Park Drive, Salisbury 21801; tel. 742-9032. Annapolis
office: 206 James Bldg. 21401; tel. 841-3645.

FREDERICK C. MALKUS, JR., Democrat, District 35. Born in Baltimore, July 1,
1913. Attended Dorchester County public schools; Western Maryland College, A.B.,
1934; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1938. Served with U.S. Army
during World War II. Trustee, Western Maryland College. Married. Member of
House of Delegates, 1947-1951. Member of the Senate since 1951. Chairman of the
Committee on Judicial Proceedings, 1955-1966. Member of Legislative Council
(now Legislative Policy Committee) since 1955. President Pro Tern since 1975. Dis-
trict office: 500 Spring St., P.O. Box 316, Cambridge 21613; tel. 228-7230. Annapolis
office: Pres. Wing, James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3590.

EDWARD J. MASON, Republican, District 1. Born in Cumberland, June 12, 1930.
Attended Cumberland parochial schools; University of Maryland; Strayer's Business
College, certificate, 1951. Restaurant proprietor. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1949-
1955. Chairman, Republican State Central Committee of Allegany County, 1969-

1970. Member, board of directors, Allegany County Economic Development Corpo-
ration. Vice-president, Maryland Federation of Young Republicans. President,
Allegany County Young Republicans. Member, National Restaurant Association.
Member, board of directors. Western Maryland Chamber of Commerce; Route 40
Association. Outstanding Young Republican in Maryland, 1968. Outstanding Young
Republican in Allegany County, 1967-1968. Married. Member of the Senate since

1971. Minority Leader since 1974. Member, Legislative Policy Committee. District
office: Rt. 2, Box 102-A, Cumberland 21502; tel. 777-2168. Annapolis office: 407
James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3560.