Delegates/121

IDA G. RUBEN, Democrat, District 20. Born and attended public schools in Washington,
D.C. Past president, B'nai B'rith Women District V. Past International Board Member, past
International Treasurer, and past International Vice-President of B'nai B'rith Women. Former
National Anti-Defamation League Commissioner and present member of the National ADL
Advisory Committee. Member, NCSL State Government Issues and Organization Committee.
Former member, Council of State Government Committee on Suggested State Legislation.
Montgomery County Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Status of Women. Member, Child
Support Enforcement Advisory Council. Legal Aid Society. Service Guild of Washington.
State Democratic Party Ethics Committee. Democratic Precinct Chairperson, 1967-1974.
Democratic Clubs. Active in all presidential, senatorial, congressional, gubernatorial, and local
election campaigns since 1963. Married; 4 sons. Member of the House of Delegates since 1975.
Chairman, Montgomery County Delegation. Member, Ways and Means Committee; Oversight
Committee on the Administrative Release of Mental Health Patients. 1980 Convention
Chairman of the National Order of Women Legislators. Current president, Maryland Women's
Legislative Caucus. District office: 11 Schindler Ct., Silver Spring 20903; tel. 439-2332.
Annapolis office: 222 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3001.

FREDERICK C. RUMMAGE, Democrat, District 26. Born in Hunlock Creek, Pa., March
27, 1931. Graduate ofNanticoke High School, Pennsylvania; Bloomsburg State College, B.S.,
1952; University of Miami Law School, J.D., 1955. Army Intelligence, Washington, D.C.,
1956-1958, Executive director and counsel, National Foundation, Washington. D.C. Legisla-
tive assistant and counsel, National Association of Electric Companies. Executive director and
counsel, Prince George's County Educators' Association. Member, Washington, D.C., and
Florida Bar Associations. Member, Oxon Hill and Barkley Democratic Clubs. Member,
Rotary Club. President, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Board member, March of Dimes,
Metropolitan Washington. Married; 2 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1967;

member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. Vice-chairman, Economic Matters
Committee, 1970-1974; chairman, Prince George's County Delegation, 1975-1979. Chairman,
Economic Matters Committee, 1979—. Member, Legislative Council; Legislative Policy
Committee. Residence: 6300 George Washington Dr., Camp Springs 20748; tel. 899-RUMM.
Annapolis office: 151 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3519; Washington area tel. 858-3519.

CHARLES J. RYAN, Democrat, District 23. Born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, September
15, 1936. Graduate ofWalsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, BSFS, 1958;

University of Maryland, M.A., 1974. College professor. Member, PG County Democratic
Committee, 1970, 1974; vice-chairman, State Democratic Party, Maryland, 1976-78. Board
member, PG County Economic Development Corporation. Member, PG County Mental
Health Association; National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.;

PG County Board of Education Superintendent's Advisory Council for Business and Industry.
Legislator of the Year, PG Chapter of the Maryland Municipal League, 1984. Married; 2
children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1978; member, Appropriations Committee
(vice-chairman. Education and Human Resources Subcommittee). Member, Management
Informations Systems Subcommittee. Chairman, PG County Delegation. Member, Joint
Legislative and Executive Committee on Pensions; Commission on Compensation and
Personnel Policies; Management Improvement Plan Oversight Committee; Health Policy
Workgroup; Joint Subcommittee on Trauma Care and Rehabilitation; Joint Subcommittee to
Study Community College Funding. District office: 3007 Bendix Lane, Bowie 20715; tel.
262-2675. Annapolis office: 208 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3098.

THOMAS A. RYMER, Democrat, District 29A. University of Maryland; Comell University,
BCE; George Washington School of Law, J.D. World War II veteran. Town attorney for
North Beach; attorney for Calvert County Board of Education; Tri-County Council for
Southern Maryland. State's Attorney for Calvert County, 1966-1970. Member, Governor's
Commission on Domestic Relations Laws; Task Force on the Drinking Driver. Chairman, bi-
state Chesapeake Bay Commission. Civic and service memberships include State of Maryland
and Calvert County Bars; Deale Elks Club; South Arundel Optimist Club; South County and
Calvert County Democratic Clubs; Calvert County Chamber of Commerce; VFW; American
Legion. Married. Member of the House of Delegates since 1971; member, Judiciary
Committee; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee; Legislative Policy Committee.
Majority whip, 1978—. Chairman, Calvert County Delegation. Co-Chairman, Joint Commit-
tee on Legislative Ethics. District office: Calvert Executive Plaza, Suite 300, P.O. Box 1700,
Prince Frederick 20678; tel. 535-1070, 855-1378. Annapolis office: 214 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3231.