1965-1970. Board of Governors, Severn School. Mem-
ber, Woods Memorial Church. Married; 3 children.

MARTIN B. GREENFELD. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1975—. Born in Baltimore, July 8, 1934. Attended
Baltimore City public schools; Franklin and Marshall
College, B.A., 1955; University of Maryland School of
Law, LL.B., 1958. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1958.
Served in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserves.
Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associ-
ations. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Assistant
attorney general of Maryland, 1968-1973; special assis-
tant attorney general, 1973-1975; assistant city solicitor
for Baltimore City, 1962-1965. Board member,
Baltimore Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1965-1966;
Associated Jewish Charities. 1971-1974; Levindale Hos-
pital, 1977-1978; Jewish Family and Children's Service,
1971-1976; Baltimore Jewish Council, 1980-1982; Beth.
Am Synagogue, 1976— (president, 1981). Founding
member, Center Stage. Married; 4 children.

ROBERT I. H. HAMMERMAN. Eighth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1967—; Chief Judge. Born in Baltimore, July 17,
1928. Attended Baltimore City College; Johns Hopkins
University, B.A., 1950; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1953.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1953. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar Associa-
tions; American Judicature Society. Advisor, Lancers
Boys Club; president, Har Sinai Congregation Brother-
hood; former president. City College Alumni Associa-
tion; former president, Greater Baltimore Chapter March
of Dimes; former member, Governor's Commission on
Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice;
former member, Board of Directors, Better Business
Bureau; Jewish Community Center; Johns Hopkins Club.
Baltimore City College Hall of Fame; Golden Deeds
Award, Exchange Club; Man of the Year, Hebrew Noble
Ladies; Afro American Honor Role for Superior Public
Service; Annual Award for Humanitarian Service, Na-
tional Council of Jewish Women. Unmarried.

ROBERT S. HEISE. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1981—
Born in Annapolis, August 28, 1923. Attended Annapo-
lis High School; University of Baltimore, A.A., 1949;
University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1952. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps,
1942-1946. Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Associ-
ation (former president); American Judicature Society;
Executive Committee of the Maryland Judicial Confer-
ence. President, Board of Recreation and Parks for the
City of Annapolis, 1954—1956; attorney for the Board of
Election Supervisors, Anne Arundel County, 1955-1959;
Trial Magistrate, Anne Arundel County, 1959-1964.
Member, Lions Club, Elks. Judge, District 7, District
Court of Maryland, 1964-1981. Married; 3 children.

ROBERT H. HELLER, JR. Fifth Judicial Circuit,
1984—. Born in Baltimore, March 8, 1942. Attended
Anne Arundel County public schools; University of
Maryland, B.S., 1964; University of Maryland School of
Law, J.D. with honors, 1972. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1972. U.S Navy, 1964-1968; U.S. Naval Reserve,
1968-1973. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Anne Arundel County Bar Associations; American Judi-

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cature Society; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.
Married; 2 children.

A. OWEN HENNEGAN. Third Judicial Circuit,
1983—. Born in Baltimore, July 19, 1921. Attended SS.
Philip and James Parochial School; Loyola High School;
Loyola College, B.A., 1943; University of Maryland
School of Law, L.L.B., 1950. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1950. Commissioned in the U.S. Navy, 1943 (WW
II, Pacific Theater); returned to active duty, 1950
(Korean War). Member, Baltimore County Human Rela-
tions Commission, 1963-1966. Chairman, Criminal Inju-
ries Compensation Commission, 1967-1968. Member,
American, Maryland State, and Baltimore County (past
President) Bar Associations. Member, Maritime Law
Association of America; U.S. Administrative Law Agen-
cy; National Labor Relations Board; ICC. Married.

J. WILLIAM HINKEL. Third Judicial Circuit, 1981—.
Born in Baltimore City, April 4, 1932. Attended
Baltimore City public schools; University of Baltimore,
A.A., 1956; University of Baltimore School of Law,
LL.B., 1959. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1959.
Member, Baltimore County Bar Association. Maryland
House of Delegates, 1967-1970. Peoples counsel, Public
Service Commission, 1970-1971. Judge, District 8, Dis-
trict Court of Maryland, 1971-1981. Three children.

CULLEN H. HORMES. Third Judicial Circuit, 1978—.
Born in Baltimore, February 26, 1923. Attended
Baltimore County public schools; University of Mary-
land, J.D., 1951. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1951.
Served in the U.S. Army. Chief judge, People's Court of
Baltimore County, 1967-1971; associate judge. District
Court of Maryland, 1971-1978. Married; 2 children.

LEONARD S. JACOBSON. Third Judicial Circuit,
1983—. Born in Baltimore, April 12, 1927. Graduated
from Baltimore City College High School; University of
Baltimore, LL.B., 1957. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1957. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore County
Bar Associations. Member, House of Delegates,
1967-1971. Baltimore County Attorney, 1979-1983.
Married; 3 children.

DONALD F. JOHNSON. First Judicial Circuit,
1984—. Born in Cambridge, December 6, 1942. Graduat-
ed from Salisbury State College, B.S., 1964; University of
Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1969. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Dorchester County Bar Associations; member,
Board of Governors, Maryland State Bar Association,
and past president, Dorchester County Bar Association.
Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Cambridge Jay-
cees. Assistant State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County,
1969-71, Dorchester County, 1971-74. Member, Board
of Directors, Dorchester General Hospital, 1976-79; past
president. Rotary Club. Married; 2 children.

G. R. HOVEY JOHNSON. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1982—. Born in Richmond, Va., November 13, 1930.
Attended Richmond public schools; Prairie View A & M
College, B.S., 1951; George Washington University,
M.S., 1974; Georgetown University, J.D., 1977. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1978. Served in U.S. Army,
1951-1974, retiring as colonel. Recipient of Legion of