Delegates/93

JOHN C. ASTLE, Democrat, District 30. Born in Charlestown, W.Va., March 31,
1943. Attended Barboursville High School, Barboursville, W.Va.; Marshall University,
B.A., 1966; Catholic University, graduate studies, 1972-1974. Employed in aviation.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, captain, 1966-1975; received 31 air medals, 2 purple
hearts, presidential service badge. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, It. colonel, 1976—.
Member, Annapolis Yacht Club; Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association; Ameri-
can Legion; VFW. Assigned to White House support staff for three and one-half
years. Married; 2 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983; member,
Economic Matters Committee. District office: 51 Fleet St., Annapolis 21401; tel.
263-3053. Annapolis office: 212 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3211.

TYRAS S. ATHEY, Democrat, District 32. Born in Burtonsville, Montgomery Coun-
ty, March 30, 1927. Attended Montgomery County public schools. Served in the U.S.
Navy, 1945-1947. Member, Elks; Moose. Member of the Council of State Govern-
ments, serving on the Fiscal Affairs and Governmental Operations Committee. Mem-
ber of the House of Delegates since 1967. Past chairman, Anne Arundel County Dele-
gation. Member, Policy Committee. Past chairman. Commission on Intergovernmental
Cooperation. Chairman, Ways and Means Committee since 1979. Married; 3 children.
Annapolis office: 100 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3469.

R. CHARLES AVARA, Democrat, District 47. Born in Baltimore, January 11, 1932.
Attended Baltimore public schools. Served in U.S. Navy, 1953-1956. Chairman, Spe-
cial Committee on School Pupil Transportation; Committee to Set Minimum Stan-
dards for Police Departments; Joint Capital Budget Committee, 1971-1976. Member,
Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice; Spe-
cial High Impact Courts Committee; Mayor's Coordinating Council on Criminal Jus-
tice. Married. Member of the House of Delegates since 1967. Vice-chairman, Appro-
priations Committee. Annapolis office: 131 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3407.

JOSEPH BARTENFELDER, Democrat, District 8, Baltimore County. Born in
Baltimore on January 3, 1957. Graduate of Calvert Hall High School, 1978; graduate
of Towson State University, B.S. in Business Administration. Self-employed in family
farming business in Perry Hall. Sponsor, Overlea Fullerton Recreation Council;

elected area delegate, St. Joseph's Parish Council; member of 11 Democratic and civic
clubs in the district; Calvert Hall Chips Scholarship Program; Calvert Hall Alumni
Association; Towson State Alumni Association; Baltimore County Fanners' Produce
Association; Maryland Farm Bureau; Young Farmer's Group of Maryland Farm Bu-
reau. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983; member, Judiciary Committee.
District office: 4564 Ridge Rd., Baltimore 21236; tel. 668-2105. Annapolis office: 307
Lowe Bldg., Annapolis 21401-1991; tel. 841-3365.