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Judiciary Committee, 1955-1958; assistant to the Gov-
ernor, 1958-1961; Secretary of State, 1961-1967; judge,
District Court, 1971-1975. Member, Lions Club, Elks,
Masons. Married; 1 child.

JAMES H. TAYLOR. Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1969—.
Born in Elkridge, July 7, 1926. Attended Howard Coun-
ty public schools; Howard University; Washington Col-
lege of Law, American University, J.D., 1953. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in the U.S. Army Air
Corps. Member, Prince George's County Bar Associa-
tion; Monumental Bar Association; Dean's Council,
Washington College of Law. Assistant state's attorney,
1963-1966; master for Juvenile Causes, 1966-1968.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS THAYER III. Fourth Ju-
dicial Circuit, 1977—. Born in Cumberland, April 29,
1933. Attended Oakland public schools; College of
Wooster, B.A., 1955; Duke University, J.D., 1958.
Served in the Maryland National Guard. Member,
American and Maryland State Bar Associations; Ameri-
can Judicature Society. President, Garrett County Bar
Association, 1960-1961; State's Attorney for Garrett
County, 1962-1974; secretary, Maryland State's Attor-
ney Association, 1968-1974. Editor, Duke Law Journal,
1957-1958. Past Master, Oakland Lodge No. 192,
AF & AM; Ah Ghan Shrine; Court 117 Jesters; St.
John's Episcopal Church; Oakland Volunteer Fire De-
partment (ret.); graduate. North American College of
Piping. Married; 1 child.

RAYMOND G. THIEME, JR. Fifth Judicial Circuit,
1977—; Circuit Administrative Judge. Born in Balti-
more City, November 17, 1930. Attended Loyola High
School; Loyola College, A.B., 1952; University of
Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1956. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1956. State's attorney for Anne Arundel
County, 1970-1973; district judge. Seventh District,
1973-1977. Married; 3 children.

BASIL A. THOMAS. Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1968—.
Born in Greece, September 17, 1915. Attended Ports-
mouth, Virginia, public schools; University of Balti-
more, LL.B., 1935. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1935. Served in the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence
Corps, 1942-1946. Associate judge, Municipal Court of
Baltimore City, 1961-1968; member. Board of Election
Supervisors, 1959-1961; assistant city solicitor, Balti-
more City, 1949-1955; administrative assistant to the
Mayor, Baltimore City, 1948. Mason; Order of Ahepa;
Lions Club (past president); Hillendale Country Club
(past president). Married; 1 child, Steven A. Thomas.

EDWARD 0. THOMAS. First Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Born in Baltimore, October 24, 1917. Attended
Baltimore City College; Johns Hopkins University,
A.B., 1940; University of Maryland School of Law,
J.D., 1948. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1947.
Served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force Re-
serve. Member, American, Maryland State, and Wor-
cester County Bar Associations. Judge, District Court,
District 2, 1971-1980. Married; no children.

Circuit Court Biographies

ALFRED T. TRUITT, JR. First Judicial Circuit,
1977—. Born in Salisbury, April 5, 1927. Attended
Wicomico High School; Western Maryland College,
A.B., 1950; University of Maryland, J.D., 1953. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S.
Army Signal Corps. Member, Wicomico County Bar
Association; Maryland State's Attorney's Association.
State's attorney, Wicomico County, 1959-1971; public
defender, 1972-1977. Married; 5 children.

MORRIS TURK. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1975—. Born
in Baltimore, April 14, 1921. Attended the University
of Baltimore, LL.B. (J.D.), 1939. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Member, American, Maryland State, and Anne Arundel
County Bar Associations; American Judicature Society;
past president, Anne Arundel County Bar Association,
1971-1972. Chairman, State Appeal Board, 1963-1975;
counsel to the Board of Election Supervisors, Anne
Arundel County, 1959-1963; counsel to the Board of
Education, Anne Arundel County, 1966. Charter mem-
ber and past president, Annapolis Jaycees; past presi-
dent, Suburban Annapolis Kiwanis Club; past comman-
der, Star of David Post 192, Jewish War Veterans of
the United States; past chief of staff, Department of
Maryland Jewish War Veterans of the United States.
Junior Chamber of Commerce Young Man of the Year
Award, 1955; Frontiers International Human Relations
Award, 1978; Governor's Citation for Outstanding Ser-
vices, 1978. Married; 3 children.

THOMAS WARD. Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1982—.
Born in Baltimore, February 27, 1927. Graduated from
Valley Forge Military Academy; Georgetown School of
Foreign Service, B.S., 1950; University o{ Maryland
School of Law, J.D., 1953. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1953. Member, Maryland State Bar Association.
Served in the U.S. Army, 1945-1947, 1949-1951, 1952;
parachute infantry, qualified glider, graduate of Infantry
School and Airbourne and Glider School. Reporter for
Morning Sun, 1951-1954. Author of numerous articles
on conservation that have appeared in newspapers and
magazines throughout the U.S. Member, Baltimore City
Council, 1963-1967; Commission for Historical and Ar-
chitectural Preservation, 1966-1968; Metropolitan Tran-
sit Authority, 1970-1972; Joint Legislative Committee
to determine the feasibility of a Department of Trans-
portation, 1968; Redistricting Commission, City of
Baltimore, 1967; Mayor's Committee to determine the
feasibility of buying Maryland Transit Company, 1966.
Active in Baltimore City civic and political life since
1953, including fostering preservation activities for Fed-
eral Hill and Fells Point, advocating preservation of Or-
chard Street Methodist Church, and establishing Mass
Transportation Authority in the Baltimore City Coun-
cil. Married; 4 children.

ROBERT BERNARD WATTS. Eighth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1968—. Born in Baltimore, March 4, 1922.
Attended Douglass High School; Morgan State College,
B.S., 1943; University of Maryland, LL.B., 1949. Served