State Bar Associations; American Judicature Society.
President, Garrett County Bar Association, 1960-61;
State's Attorney for Garrett County, 1962-74; secretary,
Maryland State's Attorney Association, 1968-74. Edi-
tor, Duke Law Journal, 1957-58. Past Master, Oakland
Lodge No. 192, AF & AM; Ah Ghan Shrine; Court 117
Jesters; St. John's Episcopal Church; Oakland Volunteer
Fire Department (ret.); graduate, North American Col-
lege of Piping. Married; 1 child.

ALFRED T. TRUITT, JR. 1st Judicial Circuit, 1977-
Born in Salisbury, April 5, 1927. Wicomico High
School; Western Maryland College, A.B., 1950; Univer-
sity of Maryland, J.D., 1953. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1952. Served in U.S. Army Signal Corps. Member,
Wicomico County Bar Association; Maryland State's
Attorneys' Association. State's attorney, Wicomico
County, 1959-71; public defender, 1972-77. Chairman,
Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference,
1985-86. Married; 5 children,

MORRIS TURK. 5th Judicial Circuit, 1975-. Chief
Judge. Bom in Baltimore, April 14, 1921. University of
Baltimore, LL.B. (J.D.), 1939. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1951, Served in U.S. Armed Forces. Member,
American, Maryland State and Anne Arundel County
Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; past
president, Anne Arundel County Bar Association,
1971-72. Chairman, State Appeal Board, 1963-75;
counsel to the Board of Election Supervisors, Anne
Arundel County, 1959-63; counsel to the Board of Edu-
cation, Anne Arundel County, 1966. Charter member
and past president, Annapolis Jaycees; past president,
Suburban Annapolis Kiwanis Club; past commander,
Star of David Post 192, Jewish War Veterans of the
United States; past chief of staff. Department of Mary-
land Jewish War Veterans of the United States. Director
and vice-president, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra,
1968-73 (director, 1980-84); member, Advisory Board,
Annapolis Fine Arts Foundation, 1980-84; charter
member, Annapolis Touchdown Club. Junior Chamber
of Commerce Young Man of the Year Award, 1955;
Frontiers International Human Relations Award, 1978;
Governor's Citation for Outstanding Services, 1978;
Ambassador of Peace Award, Jewish National Founda-
tion, 1980; Honorary Farmer Award from Future Farm-
ers of America, 1984. Married; 3 children.

JOHN GRASON TURNBULL II. 3rd Judicial Circuit,
1986-. Born in Baltimore, August 28, 1943. McDonogh
School, 1961; University of Baltimore, A.A., 1963; Uni-
versity of Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1966. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1969. Served as 2nd Lieutenant in
U.S. Army Special Forces, Airborne, 1967-68. Law
clerk to the Hon. John E. Raine, 1963-66. Trial magis-
trate, Baltimore County, 1968-71. Member, American,
Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar Associations.
Member, Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyers Associa-
tion; Dissenter's Law Club; Gamma Eta Gama Law
Fraternity; St. Andrews Society of Baltimore. Married; 3
children.

THOMAS WARD. 8th Judicial Circuit, 1982-. Bom in
Baltimore, February 28, 1927. Valley Forge Military
Academy; Georgetown School of Foreign Service, B.S.,

1950; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.,
1953; four years. The Johns Hopkins University Gradu-
ate School. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1953. Member,
Maryland State Bar Association. Served in U.S. Army,
1945-47, 1949, 1951, 1952; parachute infantry. Gradu-
ate of Infantry School and Airbourne and Glider
School. Reporter for Morning Sun, 1951-54. Author of
numerous conservation articles that have appeared in
newspapers and magazines throughout the U.S. Mem-
ber, Baltimore City Council, 1963-67; Commission for
Historical and Architectural Preservation, 1966-68;
Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1970-72; Joint Legisla-
tive Committee to determine the feasibility of a Depart-
ment of Transportation, 1968; Redistricting Commis-
sion, City of Baltimore, 1967; Mayor's Committee to
determine the feasibility of buying Maryland Transit
Company, 1966. Active in Baltimore City civic and po-
litical life since 1953. Married; 4 children.

PAUL H. WEINSTEIN. 6th Judicial Circuit, 1986-.
Bom in Washington, D.C, April 20, 1933. Washington
and Lee University, B.S., 1955; George Washington
University School of Law, LL.B., 1959. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1965. Member, Maryland State, District
of Columbia and Montgomery County Bar Associations.
Chairperson, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
of the Maryland Bar, 1975-77; Judicial Selections Com-
mittee, 1979-80. Judge, District 6, District Court of
Maryland, 1983-86. Member, Big Brothers Club of Ge-
orgetown; Bethesda Boys' Club. Married; 3 children.

CYPERT 0. WHITFILL. 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1982-.
Bom in Floyd County, Texas, January 25, 1937. Attend-
ed Floydada, Texas, public schools; Texas Tech,
1955-57; St. Mary's College, 1957-59; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B. with honors, 1965. Ad-
mitted to Maryland Bar, 1965. Served three years in
U.S. Army; attended U.S. Army Language School. As-
sistant and City Attorney, Havre de Grace, 1965-79.
Member, Harford County Charter Board, 1971; Crimi-
nal Justice Coordinating Council, 1984. Chairman,
Harford County Police Needs Study Commission, 1973.
Married; 6 children.

BRUCE C. WILLIAMS. 5th Judicial Circuit, 1976-;
Administrative Judge for Anne Arundel County. Bom
in Springfield, Massachusetts, February 11, 1931. Loo-
mis School, Windsor, Connecticut; Princeton University,
A.B., 1952; University of Virginia Law School, LL.B.,
1958. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1958. Served in U.S.
Marine Corps. Member, Anne Arundel County Bar As-
sociation. Judge, People's Court of Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, 1964-71. Judge, District 7, District Court of Mary-
land, 1971-76. Married; 4 children.

JAMES OWEN WISE. 2nd Judicial Circuit, 1982-.
Born in Easton, July 8, 1938. Caroline High School;
Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1960; University
of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1965. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1965. Served in U.S. Army, 1961; U.S.
Army Reserves, 1961-69. State's Attorney, Caroline
County, 1970-78. Legal Officer, Potomac River Fisher-
ies Commission, 1976-82. Chairman, Caroline County
Government Study Commission, 1981. President, Rota-
ry Club of Denton, 1981-82; member, Temple Lodge