1984). The Corporation is responsible for patient
care, medical education, community health
services, and emergency medical treatment pro-
vided by the medical systems of the University of
Maryland.

The Corporation is governed by a Board of Di-
rectors. The Board consists of twenty-eight mem-
bers. Seven are non-voting, ex officio members.
Twenty-one are voting members appointed to five-
year terms by the Governor. Appointed members
include minority representatives, three regents of
the University of Maryland, one senator and one
delegate, at least one person knowledgeable in the
administration of hospitals, and at least one mem-
ber of the Community Advisory Council. The
Board elects the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors ap-
points a Community Advisory Council, whose
members serve three-year terms. The Committee
advises the Board on services offered by the Cor-
poration that are of importance to the community
(Code Education Article, sees. 13-1B-01 through
13-1B-13).

MARYLAND VETERANS
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Claude L. CaUegary, 1991

Joseph C. Blue, 1987; Edwin D. Gosnell, Sr.,
1987; William R. McCartin, 1987; Robert W.
Neal, 1987; Lewis Powell, 1987; Charles E.
Reeder, 1987; Chester Silverman, 1987; Genevieve
T. Wenski, 1987; Frank A. Athanason, 1988;
Bartholomew B. Bechtel, 1988; Stephen
Giemalczyk, 1988; Carl Lenhart, 1988; James L.
Meagher, 1988; Earl T. Reichert, 1988; Meyer
Sokolow, 1988; William T. Eady, Sr., 1989; T.
Leo Sullivan, 1990; Robert T. O'Leary, 1992;
Calvin E. Patton, 1992; Paul L. Thompson, 1992;
David L. Brigham.

Ex officio: Thomas M. Bailey, Chairperson,
Veterans Home Commission

Clarence M. Bacon, Director

Federal Building, Room 110
31 Hopklns Plaza
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 333-4428
962^700

Origins of the Maryland Veterans Commission
trace to 1924 when the State created a relief fund

for disabled veterans of World War I (Chapter
344, Acts of 1924). From 1929, the Veterans Re-
lief Commission administered the fund (Chapter
134, Acts of 1929). The Commission was renamed
the Maryland Veterans Commission in 1935
(Chapter 481, Acts of 1935). The Commission be-
came part of the Department of Employment and
Social Services (later named Department of
Human Resources) in 1971 (Chapters 370 and
617, Acts of 1971). In 1977, the Commission was
removed from the jurisdiction of the Department
of Human Resources and made an independent
agency (Chapter 895, Acts of 1977).

The Maryland Veterans Commission is a multi-
faceted State agency that provides quality service
to veterans and their dependents. By this service,
the Commission assists in the development, prepa-
ration, submission and approval of claims cover-
ing the full range of veteran's benefit entitlements
enumerated by federal, state, and local agencies.
The Commission manages and operates autho-
rized Maryland State Veterans Cemeteries, includ-
ing a Civil War cemetery located in Washington
County; and provides staff support and assistance
to the Maryland Veterans Home Commission, the
Maryland Korean War Memorial Commission,
and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission.

The Commission prepares and issues booklets,
brochures, and flyers setting forth the various fed-
eral, state, and local benefits available to veterans.
Distributed by selected state agencies and by all
state veterans organizations, these publications are
available to the public.

With an operating staff of approximately 70, the
Commission is composed of twenty-three Mary-
land veterans appointed to seven-year terms by
the Governor. The chairperson of the Maryland
Veterans Home Commission serves as a member,
each congressional district is represented by one
member, and one member serves at large. Of the
remaining members, one each is appointed from
the American Legion, the Disabled American
Veterans, the Catholic War Veterans, the
AMVETS, the Jewish War Veterans, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, the Veterans of World War I,
the Maryland Retired Officers Association, the
Marine Corps League, the Polish-American War
Veterans, the Fleet Reserve Association, the Mili-
tary Order of the Purple Heart, and the American
Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc. The Governor
designates the chairperson. The Commission ap-
points the Director (Code State Government Arti-
cle, sees. 9-904 through 9-914).