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Member, Evangelical Lutheran Church and past vice-
president of the church council. Married; 3 children.

SOLOMON BAYLOR. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1977—. Born in King William County, Virginia, April
25, 1922. Attended Douglass Senior High School;
Coppin State College; University of Maryland, LL.B.,
1951; National Judicial College, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981,
1982. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1953. Member,
National (life member), Maryland State, and Monumen-
tal City Bar Associations; Judicial Council of the Na-
tional Bar Association; American Judicature Society;
American Trial Judges Association; The Engineering
Society of Baltimore, Inc. Member, Citizens Planning
and Housing Association; former member, Board of Di-
rectors, Lafayette Square Community Center and the
Northwest Community Council; NAACP (life member);
Baltimore Urban League; active in Enon Baptist
Church. Author of article on housing conditions in
Baltimore City. Former District Court judge; member,
Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals; assistant city
solicitor; appeal agent for Draft Board No. 22. Married;
2 children.

ROBERT M. BELL. Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1980—.
Bom in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, July 6, 1943.
Attended Uunbar High School; Morgan State Universi-
ty, A.B., 1966; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1969. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Maryland
State, Baltimore City, Monumental City, and National
Bar Associations. Judge of the District Court, District
1, 1975-1980. Unmarried.

ROSALYN BLAKE BELL. Sixth Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Bom in Trenton, New Jersey, April 22, 1923.
Attended Trenton High School; Simmons College, B.S.,
1944; National University, LL.B., J.D., 1951. Admitted
to the District of Columbia Bar, 1951. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1965. Member, American, Maryland
State, Montgomery County, Womens, and District of
Columbia Bar Associations; Womens Bar Association
of the District of Columbia; National Conference of
State Trial Judges; National Association of Women
Judges; American Judges Association; trustee, 1973-
1978, director, 1973-1977, Montgomery-Prince George's
Continuing Legal Education Institute; vice-president,
1976-1978, trustee, 1979-1980, MICPEL. Chairperson,
Montgomery County Abused Spouse Task Force.
Woman Lawyer of the Year, District of Columbia
Womens Bar Association, 1975. Professional Achieve-
ment Award, George Washington University Law Asso-
ciation, 1980; Focus Womens Award, Womens Com-
mission of Montgomery County, 1981; Alumni
Achievement Award, Simmons College, 1982. Judge,
District Court for Montgomery County, 1978-1980.
Widowed; 1 child.

ALBERT T. BLACKWELL, JR. Seventh Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1975—. Born in Levels, West Virginia, June 27,
1925. Attended Glen Bumie High School; St. Vincent

Circuit Court Biographies

College; University of Maryland, A.B., 1948; George
Washington University, LL.B., 1950. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the U.S. Air Force. Fel-
low, Maryland Bar Association; member, Maryland
State and Prince George's County Bar Associations.
Member, Hyattsville Optimist Club; administrative
board. University Methodist Church. Married; 5 chil-
dren.

ELSBETH LEVY BOTHE. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1978—. Born in Baltimore, October 17, 1927. Attended
Park School; University of Chicago, A.B., 1947; Univer-
sity of Zurich; University of Maryland, LL.B., 1952.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, Baltimore City, and Womens Bar
Associations. Elected to the American Law Institute,
1976. Member, Constitutional Convention Commission,
1965-1967; delegate. Constitutional Convention, 1967;
member. Board of Patuxent Institution, 1965-1972; as-
sistant public defender, 1972-1978. President, American
Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and member of the
ACLU National Board (resigned 1978); vice-president,
Citizens Planning and Housing Association (resigned
1978). Married; no children.

PERRY GRAY BOWEN, JR. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1964—. Born in Baltimore City, November 27, 1927,
Attended Calvert County High School; University of
Maryland, A.B., 1948; University of Maryland School
of Law, J.D., 1950. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1950. Served in the U.S. Army. Member, American,
Maryland State, and Calvert County Bar Associations;
fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Married; 4 children.

GEORGE W. BOWLING. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1978—; Administrative Judge for Charles County.
Born in Charles County, November 6, 1925. Attended
Charles County public schools; University of Maryland;
University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1950.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1949. Served in the
U.S. Army. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Charles County Bar Associations. State's attorney,
Charles County, 1954-1960; judge, District Court, 1971-
1975. Married; 4 children.

AUSTIN W. BRIZENDINE. Third Judicial Circuit,
1978—. Bom in Baltimore, November 7, 1915.
Attended Baltimore City College; Dickinson College,
A.B., 1939; University of Maryland School of Law,
J.D., 1950. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1951. Lcdr.
USNR active duty 1942-1945; 1951-1953. Member,
American Bar Association, Baltimore County Bar Asso-
ciation (Executive Council, 1972-1978; secretary, 1975-
1976; president, 1977-1978); member, Maryland State
Bar Association; fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. As-
sistant County Solicitor, Baltimore County, 1957-1959;
Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore County, 1959-
1966. Member, The Dissenters Law Club; Wednesday
Law Club; Kiwanis Club of Towson (president, 1962);
Board of Managers, Towson YMCA, 1960-1970; Gun-