Senators/85

BARBARA A. HOFFMAN, Democrat, District 42. Bom in Baltimore, March 8, 1940.
Attended Forest Park High School; Towson State College, B.S., 1960; The Johns Hopkins
University, M.L.A., 1966. Supervisor of secondary school teachers, Morgan State University,
1968-1973. Executive director, Maryland Democratic Party, 1979-1983. Member, Governor's
Commission on Workmen's Compensation Laws. Member, Task Force on Violence and
Extremism; Task Force on the Drinking Driver; Governor's Commission to Revise the Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Laws. Treasurer, Baltimore Jewish Community
Relations Council, 1982-1984. Served on Boards of various civic and philanthropic organiza-
tions. Past president, Hadassah, and Maryland Committee for Children, Inc. 1st vice-president,
Baltimore Blews. Co-author, Journeys in English, an English textbook. Married; 3 children.
Member of the Senate since 1983. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee. District office:

6609 Reisterstown Rd., Suite 104, Baltimore 21215; tel. 764-3614. Annapolis office: 314 James
Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3648.

NATHAN C. IRBY, JR., Democrat, District 45. Born in Baltimore, November 7, 1931.
Attended Dunbar High School; Antioch College, B.A., 1972. City councilman, Second
District, Baltimore City, 1979-1982. Member, Baltimore City Planning Commission,
1976-1982; Baltimore City Energy Conservation Commission. Member, Air Quality Control
Advisory Council, 1980; Centra! Maryland Health Systems Agency, 1981-1982. Member,
Governor's Task Force on Food and Nutrition; Governor's Housing Task Force. Married; 4
children. Member of the Senate since 1983. Member, Finance Committee. District office: 2021
E. Biddle St., Baltimore 21213; tel. 675-3000. Annapolis office: 312 James Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3165.

FRANCIS X. KELLY, Democrat, District 10. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 18, 1939.
Villanova University, B.S., Economics, 1961. President, Kelly-Ctlick & Associates, insurance
administrators, brokers, and consultants. Member, Governor's Task Force on the Drinking
Driver; Governor's Task Force on Teen Pregnancy; Governor's Task Force on Volunteer Fire,
Rescue and Ambulance Companies; Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medical
System Corp. Founder and first president, Maryland Foster Parents Association; co-founder
and first president, Operation STOP (taxpayers' organization); past vice-president. Board of
Directors, Quarterway Houses; Board of Catholic Social Services; Greater Timonium
Community Council; elected, White House Conference on Families, 1980. Timonium-
Cockeysville Jaycees' 'Outstanding Young Man" Award, 1974. "Outstanding Legislator of the
Year" Awards, MIEMSS (Shock Trauma), 1980, and Maryland Troopers Association, 1982;

M.A.D.D. Award, 1983; honorary member, C.A.C.O.M. (certified alcoholism counselors),
1983. Married; 5 children. Member of the Senate since 1979; Budget and Taxation Committee.
Member, Joint Committee on Budget and Audit; Spending Affordability Committee; Joint
Subcommittee on Community College Financing. Chairman, Joint Committee on State
Employees' Health Insurance. District office: One Shawan Road, Hunt Valley 21030; tel.
252-5025. Annapolis office: 207 James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3606.

FRANK J. KOMENDA, Democrat, District 26. Born in Washington, D.C., November 25,
1934. Attended Washington, D.C., parochial schools; Prince George's County public schools;

George Washington University, A.B., 1959. Vice-president, public relations firm. Served in the
U.S. Army, 1954-1957. Member, Oxon Hill Democratic Club; Young Men's Democratic Club.
Member, Prince George's County Board of Trade; South Gate Lions Club; Sons of Italy;

Crescent Cities Jaycees; American Legion; Prince George's Chamber of Commerce; B.P.O.
Elks, Camp Springs. Member of the House of Delegates, 1975-1982. Member of the Senate
since 1982; Budget and Taxation Committee (chairman, Subcommittee on Public Safety,
Transportation, Natural Resources, and Economic Development). Vice-chairman, Special
Joint Committee on Transportation. Member, Joint Committee on Budget and Audit.
Chairman, Transportation Committee, Southern Legislative Conference. District office: 6505
Branch Ave., Temple Hills 20748; tel. 449-3500. Annapolis office: 313 James Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3092 (Washington Metro area: 858-3092).