472/Maryland Manual

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES

MICHAEL DARR BARNES, Eighth District, Democrat. Born September 3, 1943, in
Washington, D.C. Attended the University of North Carolina, B.A., 1965; Graduate
Institute of Higher International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland; George Washington
University National Law Center, J.D., 1972. Attorney; in private practice, 1972-1975.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-1969. Commissioner, Maryland Public Service
Commission, 1975-1978; vice-chairman, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Com-
mission, 1976-1978. Designated as "Distinguished State Official of 1977," Young
Democrats of Maryland. Special assistant to Sen. Edmund Muskie, Muskie tor Presi-
dent Committee, 1970-1972; executive director. National Democratic Platform Com-
mittee, 1975-1976. Member, Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry; Council on
Foreign Relations. Member of U.S. House of Representatives since 1979; member,
Foreign Affairs Committee; Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Orga-
nizations; chairman, Inter-American Affairs Subcommittee. Member, District of Co-
lumbia Committee, Subcommittees on Metropolitan Affairs and Judiciary and Educa-
tion. Member, House Fair Employment Practices Committee; Energy and
Environment Study Conference; Hispanic Caucus (honorary); Vietnam Era Veterans
in Congress; House Export Task Force; Members of Congress for Peace Through
Law; Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving. Married to Claudia Bames; 2 chil-
dren. District office: 1141 Georgia Ave., Wheaton 20902, tel. 946-6801. Washington
office: 401 Cannon Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515, tel. 225-5341.

BEVERLY B. BYRON, Sixth District, Democrat. Bom July 27, 1932, in Baltimore,
Maryland. Attended National Cathedral School, Washington, D.C.; Hood College.
Chairman, Maryland Commission on Physical Fitness; Board of Visitors, U.S. Air
Force Academy; Board of Directors, American Hiking Society; Board of Associates,
Hood College; Board of Directors, American Red Cross (Frederick County Chapter);

Frederick County Historical Society; Frederick County Landmarks Foundation; Fred-
erick Physical Fitness Commission; John F. Kennedy 50-Mile Memorial Hike. Named
Healthy American Fitness Leader by U.S. Jaycees, 1982. Widow; 3 children. Member
of U.S. House of Representatives since 1979; member, House Armed Services Com-
mittee (subcommittees: Installations and Facilities; Military Personnel and Compensa-
tion; House Interior and Insular Committee (Subcommittees: Public Lands and Na-
tional Parks; Mines and Mining; Oversight and Investigations); House Select
Committee on Aging (Subcommittee: Housing and Consumer Interests). District of-
fice: 10 E. Church St., Frederick 21701, tel. 662-8622. Washington office: 1216
Longworth Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515, tel. 225-2721.

ROYDEN P. (ROY) DYSON, First District, Democrat. Bom in Great Mills, No-
vember 15, 1948. Attended University of Baltimore; Montgomery Junior College; Uni-
versity of Maryland. Legislative assistant and research director for Congressman Wil-
liam D. Ford of Michigan. Special assistant. Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor,
U.S. House of Representatives. Former assistant director of Operations, Democratic
National Committee. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Moose Lodge; Fraternal
Order of the Police; Maryland Farm Bureau. Outstanding Young Man of the Year,
1977. Delegate to the 1978 Democratic National Conference; presidential elector to
the 1976 Electoral College from the First Congressional District. Member of the
Maryland House of Delegates, 1975-1981. Member of U.S. House of Representatives
since 1981. Elected first president of the 1981 Freshman Democrats Class. Member,
House Armed Services Committee and House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com-
mittee. District offices: Waldorf Five Center, Suite 105, Route 5, P.O. Box 742, Wal-
dorf 20601, tel. 645-4844; Suite 703, One Plaza East, Salisbury 21801, tel. 742-9070;

20 East Fulford Ave., Bel Air 21014, tel. 838-3063. Washington office: 1020
Longworth Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515, tel. 225-5311.