University of Baltimore, and the University of
Baltimore Law School (LL.B., 1959). Mr. Cumin
served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean
conflict, with duty in Japan and Korea. He was
honorably discharged with the rank of staff ser-
geant after a four-year tour of duty.

Mr. Curran is married to the former Barbara
Marie Atkins. They are the parents of five chil-
dren, Mary Carole, Alice, Catherine, J. Joseph III
(Max), and William (deceased). The Currans re-
side in the Homeland section of Baltimore City.

Attorney General Curran began his career in
public service in 1958 when he was elected to the
House of Delegates while still a law student. In
1962 he was elected to the State Senate and served
on the Judicial Proceedings Committee, and was
elected chairman of that committee in 1967, a po-
sition he held for sixteen years. During Mr. Cur-
ran's tenure in the General Assembly, he spon-
sored or was the leading spokesman for many
significant bills, including those creating the Court
of Special Appeals and the District Court system.
He consistently supported bills to improve the
courts and the corrections system, toughen drunk-
driving laws, and guarantee equal rights, and he
sponsored the handgun permit law. He also spon-
sored legislation to modernize Maryland's divorce
and alimony laws, reform adoption and guardian-
ship laws, and protect victims of domestic vio-
lence. The Maryland Higher Education Loan Pro-
gram, which Mr. Curran first sponsored as a
member of the House, was passed under his lead-
ership while he was a member of the State Senate.

In 1982, Mr. Curran was elected Maryland's
third Lieutenant Governor since the office was
reestablished in 1970, and he served as legislative
liaison for Administration bills. Appointed by
Governor Hughes, he chaired task forces on the
Drinking Driver, to Review the Defense of Insani-
ty, on Victims Services, and Liability Insurance.
He also chaired the Committee assigned to study
budget flexibility for higher education, the Mary-
land Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and
the State Trade Policy Council, and was a mem-
ber of the Joint Executive-Legislative Task Force
on Medical Malpractice Insurance. Consistent
with his long-standing involvement in criminal
justice matters and social issues, Mr. Curran
worked to ensure the adequate delivery of juvenile
services, and was involved in corrections and judi-
cial reform and a balanced State policy for dein-
stitutionalization. As Lieutenant Governor, Mr.
Curran worked extensively with the Department
of Economic and Community Development to
maintain open contact and dialogue with Mary-
land resident industry and assisted in efforts to
bring new industry and jobs to Maryland.

In 1986, Mr. Curran was elected Attorney Gen-
eral of Maryland.

LUCILLE MAURER

Elected in January 1987, Lucille Maurer is the
first woman to serve as State Treasurer and the
twenty-first Treasurer since the Constitution of
1851 provided for the selection of the Treasurer
by the General Assembly.

A resident of Montgomery County since 1950,
Ms. Maurer served in the House of Delegates
from 1969 until 1987. She was a member of the
Ways and Means Committee for sixteen years and
also chaired the Joint Committee on Federal Re-
lations for four years. She is widely known for her
experience in developing funding formulas for the
public schools and for her legislative leadership in
fiscal affairs.

During the years she served in the legislature,
Ms. Maurer also was active in the National Con-
ference of State Legislatures, chairing the Educa-
tion Committee, 1979-1980, and the Tax and
Trade Committee, 1985-1986. From 1980 to 1982
she served on the Intergovernmental Advisory
Council of the U.S. Department of Education as a
Presidential appointee.