Delegates/91

HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Democrat, District 42. Bom in Baltimore, October 5,
1943. Attended Baltimore public schools; University of Pittsburgh, B.A. cum
laude, 1964; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1967 (first in class).
Practicing attorney in Baltimore. Member, Executive Committee, National
Conference of State Legislatures, and 2nd vice-chairman. Democratic State
Legislative Leaders Caucus. Member, Interstate Banking Committee; Governor's
Employment and Training Council; Western Maryland Enterprise Study Com-
mittee. Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism, 1981. Chairman, State
Federal Assembly (NCSL), 1980-1981. Member, Governor's Advisory Commis-
sion on Reapportionment and Redistricting, 1981-1982; vice-chairman,
1977-1978. MACO Legislator of the Year, 1984. Recipient Hadassah, Dr.
Herman Seidel Humanitarian, B'nai B'rith Menorah Lodge, Save-A-Heart
Humanitarian Awards. Author of "Revenue Reallocation in the Federal
System," American Federalism (1982); "The Need for State Tax Reform," The
University of Maryland Law Forum (1976); 'The Maryland County Property
Tax-A Need for Reform," University of Baltimore Law Review (1973). Trustee,
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Foreign Relations Council; associate vice-
chairman, Israel Bonds-New Leadership Division; past director, Associated
Jewish Charities and Welfare Fund; board member, Cheswolde Neighborhood
Association; Board of Trustees, University of Maryland Alumni Association-
International. Married (Myma Edelman); 2 children. Member of House of
Delegates since 1967. Chairman, Ways and Means Committee, 1974-1978;

chairman. Joint Committee for Tax Reform, 1975-1977. Speaker of the House of
Delegates since 1979, Co-chairman, Legislative Policy Committee. Member,
Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics; Rules and Executive Nominations
Committee. Speaker's Office, State House, Annapolis 21401; tel. 841-3800.

MARY B. ADAMS, Democrat, District 40. Attended Baltimore City public schools; Morgan
State College, B.A. in education, 1950; New York University, M.A., in school administration,
1955; University of Detroit, doctoral credits in corporate management and women as
executives, and doctoral credits in public relations and marketing. Educator. Public informa-
tion director to Baltimore City Mayor D'Alesandro, 1970. Member, Baltimore City Council,
1971-1974. Member, Governing Board, Central Maryland Health Systems Agency; Board of
Directors, Lutheran Hospital; Board of Directors, Chesapeake Regional Red Cross Division;

Board of Directors, United Christian Citizens, Inc. President, Greenlawn Neighborhood
Association; vice-chairperson. Board of Directors, Constant Care Health Center; vice-
chairperson, Community Advisory Council of Lutheran Hospital. Member, First Baptist
Church, Baltimore. Received numerous distinguished community service awards. Hosted
weekly radio interview program, "Neighborhood Clinic: Making Baltimore a Better Place to
Live," 1970-1976. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983; member,. Judiciary
Committee. Chairman, Child Support Subcommittee of Women's Legislative Caucus, 1984,
1985. District office: 2414 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore 21216; tel. 945-7127. Annapolis
office: 317 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3280.

GARY R. ALEXANDER, Democrat, District 27. Born in Washington, D.C., November 16,
1942. University of Virginia, B.A., 1964; George Washington University Law School, LL.B.,
1967. Lawyer. Member, American Bar Association (chairman. Special Committee on
Automobile Insurance Legislation, 1978-1981); Maryland State Bar Association (chairman,
Federal Law Subcommittee, 1974-1979); Virginia and D.C. Bar Associations. People's
Counsel, Public Service Commission, 1974-1977. Chairman, Prince George's County Drug
Advisory Committee, 1977; Alternate Fuels Task Force, 1979. Member, Prince George's
County Salary Review Board, 1974; Charter Review Commission, 1976; Federal Energy
Administration State Advisory Panel Executive Committee, 1976-1978; citizen representative
on Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Public Advisory Committee, 1982.
Democratic Central Committee (1978—, chairman 1981—). Received Governor's Citation for
Public Service, 1974, 1978; selected Outstanding Young Man, Crescent Cities Jaycees.
Married; 2 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983; member, Appropriations
Committee. House chairperson, Joint Committee on Management of Public Funds. District
office: 10905 Fort Washington Rd., Suite 307, Fort Washington 20744; tel. 292-3300.
Annapolis office: 206 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 858-3083.