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was created by Executive Order in 1955. The
Agency makes available federal surplus property to
non-profit health or educational institutions and
public agencies in the State of Maryland.

Applications to establish eligibility to participate
in the program are available from the Agency.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
MEDICAL SYSTEM CORPORATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairperson: Frank A. Gunther, Jr., 1988

Uthman Ray, Jr., 1985; Barbara H. Russell, 1985;
Lisa B. Williams, 1985; Francis X. Kelly, 1986;
Marion W. Pines, 1986; Howard P. Rawlings,
1986; Alvin S. Wolpoff, 1986; Edmund J. Fick,
1987; George V. McGowan, 1987; Patricia K.
Smyth, 1987; Larry Young, 1987; Joseph R.
Hardiman, 1988; Thomas J. Hutchinson, Jr.,
1988; Ackneil M. Muldrow II, 1988; J. Henry
Butta, 1989; Raymond V. Haysbert, Sr., 1989;
Richard E. Hug, 1989; Allen L. Schwait, 1989;
Saul I. Stern, 1989; one vacancy.

Ex officio: John S. Toll, President, University of
Maryland; Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Chancellor,
University of Maryland at Baltimore; R Adams
Cowley, Director, Maryland Institute for
Emergency Medical Service Systems; John M.
Dennis, Dean, School of Medicine; Michael
Berman, President, Medical Staff of the Medical
System; Marietta Mills, Associate Director of
Nursing Services of the Medical System.

Morton I. Rapoport, M.D., President and Chief
Executive Officer

22 S. Greene St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 528-3322

The University of Maryland Medical System
Corporation was established by Chapter 288, Acts
of 1984, as a private, nonprofit corporation. The
Corporation is responsible for patient care, medical
education, community health services, and emer-
gency medical treatment provided by the medical
systems of the University of Maryland.

The Corporation is governed by a Board of
Directors consisting of seven non-voting, ex officio
members and twenty-one voting members ap-
pointed by the Governor for five-year terms.
Appointed members include minority representa-
tives, three regents of the University of Maryland,
one senator and one delegate, at least one person
knowledgeable in the administration of hospitals,
and at least one member of the Community

Advisory Council. The Board elects the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors ap-
points a Community Advisory Council, whose
members serve three-year terms. The Committee
advises the Board on services offered by the
Corporation that are of importance to the commu-
nity (Code Education Article, secs. 13-1B-01
through 13-1 B-13).

MARYLAND VETERANS
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Claude L. Callegary, 1991

Robert T. O'Leary, 1985; Calvin E. Patton, 1985;
Paul L. Thompson, 1985; David L. Brigham,
1986; Clarence M. Bacon, 1987; Edwin D.
Gosnell, Sr., 1987; William R. McCartin, 1987;
Robert W. Neal, 1987; Lewis Powell, 1987;
Charles E. Reeder, 1987; Chester Silverman,
1987; Genevieve T. Wenski, 1987; Frank A.
Athanason, 1988; Bartholomew B. Bechtel,
1988; Stephen Giernalczyk, 1988; Carl Lenhart,
1988; James L. Meagher, 1988; Earl T. Reichert,
1988; Meyer Sokolow, 1988; William T. Eady,
Sr., 1989; T. Leo Sullivan, 1990; Thomas M.
Bailey, ex officio.

John H. Eaton, Executive Director

Federal Building, Room 110A
31 Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 659-4428
962-4700

The Maryland Veterans Commission was first
established by Chapter 344, Acts of 1924. It was
reorganized by Chapter 803, Acts of 1945, Chapter
310, Acts of 1966, and Chapters 370 and 617, Acts
of 1971. In 1977 it was removed from the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of Human Resources and
made an independent agency (Chapter 895, Acts of
1977).

The Commission has jurisdiction over matters
relating to veterans' cemeteries in Maryland, in-
cluding establishment, acquisition, supervision and
control, and requirements for eligibility for burial.
The Commission maintains a permanent registry
of graves of all persons who served in the military
or naval forces of the country in time of war and
who are buried in Maryland (Code State Govern-
ment Article, secs. 9-904 through 9-914).

The Commission is composed of twenty-three
Maryland veterans appointed by the Governor for
seven-year terms. The chairperson of the Maryland
Veterans Home Commission serves as a member,