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ROBERT R. STAAB, Democrat, District 7. Born in Baltimore County, July 30, 1938.
Attended Dundalk public schools; University of Baltimore, B.S., 1961; Morgan State College,
M.S., 1974; University of Indiana, Exec. Dev., 1974. Facilities and development coordinator
for Baltimore County Department of Aging. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
Member, Maryland Recreation and Parks Association; State Advisory Committee on Adult
and Continuing Education; Maryland Wrestling Officials Association. Member, Southeastern
Area Recreation Councils; board of directors, Welfare Fraud Task Force; Dundalk Jaycees;

Dundalk Community College Advisory Board; Rotary Club of Dundalk; Holabird Hunting
and Fishing Club. Dundalk's Outstanding Young Man of the Year, 1971; Dundalk Chamber of
Commerce Citizen of the Year, 1977-1978. Married; 2 sons. Member of the House of Delegates
since 1979. Member, Appropriations Committee. Chairman, Baltimore County Delegation.
Member, Task Force to Study the Funding of Public Education. District office: 2 North
Dundalk Ave., Baltimore 21222; tel. 285-8020. Annapolis office; 305 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3332.

CASPER R. TAYLOR, JR., Democrat, District 2A. Born in Cumberland, December 19,
1934. Attended Allegany County parochial schools; University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1956.
Served in the U.S. Air Force R.O.T.C., 1952-1954. Past president, Allegany County Liquor
Dealers. Member, Elks: Eagles; Moose; Alhambra; Knights of Columbus; Cumberland Hall of
Fame; South Cumberland Business and Civic Association; Chamber of Commerce; Maryland
Wildlife Federation. Past president, Dapper Dan Club. President, Academy of Political Science
at Notre Dame; member, Board of Advisors, Sacred Heart Hospital. Married. Member of the
House of Delegates since 1975. Vice-chairman, Economic Matters Committee since 1978.
Chairman, Western Maryland Delegation since 1982. Chairman, Maryland Automobile
Insurance Fund Task Force. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and
Legislative Review (Subcommittee on Unemployment Insurance). Past assignments: Gover-
nor's Task Force to Study Public Service Commission Law; Special Joint Committee on
Transportation; Joint Committee on Energy; Joint Committee on Maryland Port. District
office; 501 N. Mechanic St., Cumberland 21502; tel. 724-9234, 777-2359, or MARCOM
239-2359. Annapolis office: 151 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3519.

VIRGINIA M. THOMAS, Democrat, District 13A. Attended Ursuline Academy, New York
City; Fairleigh Dickenson University, B.S., 1962; Rutgers University, M.S.W., 1965; A.C.S.W.,
1967. Psychiatric social worker. Member, Governor's Task Force on Hazardous Waste
Initiatives, and Project HOME Oversight Committee. Member, Howard County Council,
1974-82 (chair, 1975-76); Howard County Zoning Board; Howard County Board of License
Commissioners (chair, 1978-82); Howard County Health Board (chair, 1977-78). Member,
boards of directors; Paluxent Business and Professional Women's Club; Grassroots, 1982-84;

COVIC (prisoner rehabilitation), 1982; Howard County Rape Crisis Center; Citizens Against
Spousal Assault, 1977—. Member, Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting Advisory Board,
1977—; Maryland Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, 1981—; Maryland
Childrens Aid and Adoption Service, Howard County Advisory Board, 1978—; League of
Women Voters (co-chair, Housing Study Committee). Married; 2 children. Member of the
House of Delegates since 1983; Environmental Matters Committee. District office: 6153 Forty
Winks Way, Columbia 21045; tel. 730-0485. Annapolis office: 219 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3205.

JUDITH C. TOTH, Democrat, District 15. Born in Rochelle, Illinois, October 21, 1937.
Attended American High School Sasebo, Japan; Northwestern University, B.A., 1959; Mexico
City College; Georgetown University; University of the Andes; Montgomery College;

University of Maryland; Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Political
economist. Member, Maryland Historical Trust; Task Force on Hospital Regulations; board of
directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; Humane Practices Commission;

Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs; Governor's Commission on Gasohol. Member,
advisory board, Maryland Association of Deaf; National Conference of State Legislators Task
Force on Satellite Remote Sensing; NCSL State-Federal Assembly Transportation and
Communications Committee. Legislative representative to the Governor's Commission to
Revise the Annotated Code. Member of the House of Delegates since 1975; member,
Environmental Matters Committee. District office: 7626 Westlake Terrace, Bethesda 20817;

tel. 469-7749. Annapolis office: 225 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3037.