PATRICIA R. SHER, Democrat, District 18. Born in Washington, D.C, June 19, 1931. Greenbelt
High School; Montgomery Community College; University of Maryland, College of Human Ecology,
B.S., 1983. Founder, Friends of RAP (Regional Addiction Prevention), 1971. Charter member,
Montgomery County Women's Political Caucus, 1970; county coordinator, Committee to Repeal
Blue Laws, 1976; Democratic precinct chairman, 1966-78. Member, Maryland Drug Abuse Council,
1972-78. Hornbook Award, Montgomery County Education Association, 1982; Legislator of the
Year, Maryland Psychological Association. Married; 4 children. Member of the House of Delegates
since 1979. Deputy Majority Whip, 1987- Member, Economic Matters Committee. Member, Special
Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Chairman, National Legislative Task Force on Fire Gas
Toxicity. Vice-Chairman, Task Force to Study Deaths Resulting from Building Fires. District office:

1916 Rookwood Rd., Silver Spring 20910; tel. 589-7188. Annapolis office: 220 Lowe Bidg., 21401;

tel. 841-3045; Washington metro area tel. 858-3045.

JOHN FRANK SLADE III, Democrat, District 29C. Born in Leonardtown, August 5, 1943. Great
Mills High School; St. Mary's College; University of Maryland, B.S., 1967; University of Baltimore,
LL.B., 1969. Attorney. Assistant public defender, 1972-74; assistant State's attorney, St. Mary's
County, 1975-76; District Public Defender, District 4, 1976-82. Member, St. Mary's County Youth
Commission; St. Mary's County Community College Advisory Board; St. Mary's County Ethics Law
Review Committee; Legislative Council's Special Committee on Rape and Related Offenses; Region
II Planning Board of Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of
Justice. Married; 3 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983. Member, Environmental
Matters Committee. District office: Box 15, Valley Lee 20692; tel. 994-2930. Annapolis office: 217
Lowe Bidg., 21401; tel. 841-3314.

ELIZABETH S. SMITH, Republican, District 33. Born in Baltimore, March 18, 1934. Educated in
Ohio and Wisconsin parochial schools; California public schools. Member, Chesapeake Bay
Commission, 1978-83 (vice-chairman, 1983). Administrative Assistant to Senate Minority Leader,
1971-74. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention, 1972, 1976; delegate, 1980, 1984.
Member, Republican Women of Anne Arundel County; 5th District Republican Club; Severna Park
Republican Women's Club; Crofton Republican Women's Club. Former member, board of directors,
Maryland State Chamber of Commerce. Past president, Greater Annapolis Chamber of Commerce;

Maryland Clam Festival. Member, Annapolis Zonta Club; Ladies Auxiliary of Anne Arundel
General Hospital. Recipient of honorary life membership award for outstanding service from
Annapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1968. Married. Member of the House of Delegates since 1975.
Member, Ways and Means Committee. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and
Legislative Review. District office: 3438 Merrimac Rd., Harbor Hills, Davidsonville 21035; tel.
269-0724. Annapolis office: 215 Lowe Bidg., 21401; tel. 841-3223.

ROYD SMITH, Democrat, District 3B. Bom in Hot Springs, South Dakota, May 9, 1932. Frederick
High School; University of Maryland, B.S., 1955. University of Maryland Reserve Officers' Training
Corps (ROTC). Former owner/operator of dairy farm, Monocacy Meadows. Member, Agricultural
Land Preservation Advisory Board, Frederick County, 1978-87; Interagency Data Processing
Authority, Frederick County, 1985-86; Potomac River Advisory Board, 1985-87. Trustee, Frederick
Community College, 1985-86. State president, Farm and Land Institute (realtor affil.), 1984. Western
Maryland campaign coordinator, Hughes for Governor, 1978. Past director, Jaycees; past member,
Chamber of Commerce. Past president, Frederick County Holstein Association. Past legislative
director, Farm Bureau. Founder and past leader, Monocacy Valley 4-H Club. As estate manager and
faculty member, established with wife the Donaldson Brown Conference Center at Port Deposit for
University of Maryland. Married; 3 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1987.
Member, Environmental Matters Committee. District office: P.O. Box 311, Frederick 21701; tel.
695-4303. Annapolis office: 324 Lowe Bidg., 21401; tel. 841-3240, 858-3240.