Department Secretaries/171

BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, 1987—.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 16,1927. Attended Frederick Douglass High School;
University of Baltimore, B.S., 1971; Coppin State College, M.Ed., 1973; University of
Baltimore, J.D., 1986. Southern Police Institute, certificate, 1969; National Executive
Institute, certificate, 1984. Served in U.S. Arm); 1945-46. Police Commissioner, Baltimore
City; 1984-87. Member, Maryland Chiefs of Police; Major Cities Chiefs Association; National
Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); National "State of the Art"
Law Enforcement Planning Committee, U.S. Department of Justice; International
Association of Chiefs of Police. Recipient of numerous civic and superior public service awards.
Office address: 6776 Reisterstown Rd., Suite 310, Baltimore, MD 21215.

JACQUELINE H. ROGERS, Secretary of Housing and Community Development,

1987—. Attended University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., 1963; Yale University
M.A., 1965, Ph.D., 1972. Woodrow Wilson Scholar, 1963-64. Director, Montgomery
County Office of Community Development, 1976-79. Acting Director, Montgomery
County Office of Housing, 19/9. Director, Montgomery County Department of Housing
and Community Development, 1980. Director, Montgomery County Office ofManagement
and Budget, 1980-87. Responsible for first budget ever to receive recognition for excellence
in two categories simultaneously from the Government Finance Officers Association (FY
1986). Member, Governor's Task Force on State Support to Volunteer Fire Services,
1983-84. Past president, vice-president, and board member of the National Association of
Counties, Community Development Director's Affiliate. Recipient, numerous professional
honors and awards. Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Graduate School of Public
Affairs, 1986 . Office address: 45 Calvert St., Annapolis, MD 21401.

EARL F. SEBODA, Secretary of General Services, 1983—. Born in Baltimore, Maryland,
August 10,1938. Graduated from the University ofMaryiand, B.S. (mechanical engineering),
1961; attended Rutgers University, 1965; Stevens Institute of Technology, 1966-67; The
Johns Hopkins University, 1967-69; University of Baltimore, 1984-86. Served in the U.S.
Navy, lieutenant, 1961-65. Mechanical engineer. Member, U.S. Naval Institute; American
Institute of Plant Engineers; Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.
(BOCA); Maryland Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE). Community College of
Baltimore faculty (part-time), 1973-77. Project engineer, E. I. DuPont Company, 1965-67;
plant engineer, National Brewing Company 1967-68. Building engineer, Department of
Budget and Fiscal Planning, 1968-71. Chief, Capital Budget, Engineering and Maintenance,
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 1971-77. Assistant Secretary, Department of
General Services, 1977-83. Office address: 301 W Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201.

JOSEPH L. SHILLING, State Superintendent of Schools, 1988—. Born in New
Windsor, Maryland, July 25, 1937. Western Maryland College, B.S., 1960; University of
Maryland, College Park, M.Ed., 1965; Ph.D., 1984. Teacher and Administrator, Carroll
County Public Schools, 1961-71. Superintendent of Schools, Dorchester County, 1971-77.
Deputy State Superintendent of Schools, 1977-85. Director, Eastern Shore ofMaryiand
Educational Consortium, 1985-87. Executive Director, Governor's School Enhancement
Project, 1987-88. Recipient, Joseph R. Bailer Award from Western Maryland College for
Distinguished Career in Education, 1985; Research Award, Maryland Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1983; Service Above Self Award, Cambridge
Rotary, 1975. Member, American Association of School Administrators; American
Association of School Business Officials; American Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development; Council of Chief State School Officers; The Maryland Congress
of Parents and Teachers; and numerous other State educational and professional
organizations. Office address: 200 W Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201.