Delegates/109

TYRAS S. ATHEY, Democrat, District 32. Born in Burtonsville, Maryland, March 30,
1927. Attended Montgomery County public schools. Served in U.S. Navy, 1945-47. Past
member. State Trade Policy Council; Governor's Task Force on Volunteer Fire, Rescue
and Ambulance Companies. Maryland representative to Council of State Governments
(past chairman, fiscal affairs and governmental operations committee). Vice-Chairman,
Southern Legislative Conference. Past co-chairman. Task Force on Property Tax Reform.
Past member. Governor's Task Force to Study Flexibility for Higher Education; Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission. Member, Elks; Moose. Married; three children.
Member of the House of Delegates since 1967. Chairman, Ways and Means Committee,
1979—. House Chairman, Special Joint Committee on Income Tax Reform. Member,
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, Legislative Policy Committee; Spending
Affordability Committee, Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing. Past chairman, Anne
Arundel County Delegation. Past chairman. Commission on Intergovernmental Coopera-
tion. Annapolis office: 100 Lowe House Office BIdg., 21401-1991; tel. 841-3469.

R. CHARLES AVARA, Democrat, District 47. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January
11, 1932. Attended Baltimore public schools. Served in U.S. Navy, 1953-56. Chairman,
Special Committee on School Pupil Transportation; Committee to Set Minimum Standards
for Police Departments; Joint Capital Budget Committee, 1971-76. Member, Governor's
Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Special High Impact
Courts Committee; Baltimore City Mayor's Coordinating Council on Criminal Justice.
Married. Member of the House of Delegates since 1967. Member, Appropriations Com-
mittee, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review. House
Chairman, Spending Affordability Committee. Former Vice-Chairman, Appropriations
Committee. Annapolis office: 429 Lowe House Office BIdg., 21401-1991; tel. 841-3547.

JOSEPH BARTENFELDER, Democrat, District 8, Baltimore County. Born in Bal-
timore, Maryland, January 3,1957. Graduate ofCalvcrt Hall High School; Towson State
University, B.S. (business administration), 1978. Self-employed in family farming business
in Perry Hall. Sponsor, Overlea Fullerton Recreation Council; elected area delegate, St.
Joseph's Parish Council; member of 11 Democratic and civic clubs in the district. Member,
Calvcrt Hall Chips Scholarship Program; Calvert Hall Alumni Association, Towson State
Alumni Association; Baltimore County Farmers' Produce Association; Maryland Farm
Bureau; Young Farmers' Group of Maryland Farm Bureau. Married; two children. Member
of the House ofDelegates since 1983.Member, Appropriations Committee (subcommittee
on education and human resources), 1988—. Member, Joint Committee on the Manage-
ment of Public Funds; Special House Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Former
member. Judiciary Committee. Former Chairman, Baltimore County Delegation. District
office: 8410 Belair Rd., Baltimore 21236; tel. 529-2144. Annapolis office: 307 Lowe
Houac Office BIdg., 21401-1991, tel. 841-3365.

KUMAR P. BARVE, Dcnim-Hl, DiMriLl 17. Burn in Schciiei-lady, New Yurk., September
8, 1958. Paint Branch High School, Silver Spring; Georgetown University, B.S., 1980.
Financial analyst. Treasurer and board member,Maryland National Abortion Rights Action
League (NARAL), 4 years. Elected delegate, Greenbelt Cooperative, 3 years. Founding
board member, Montgomery County Democratic Action Committee, 2 years. Treasurer,
Montgomery County Young Democrats. Democratic Provisional Precinct Chairman,
Precinct 9-01, and member. District 17 Caucus. Member, Gaithcrsburg and Upper
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce; Washingtonian Towns Civic Association,
3 years, Maryland Citizen Action Coalition; Indian Cultural Coordinating Committee;

Sierra Club. Member of the House ofDelegates since 1991. Member, Economic Matters
Committee. District office: 11 Pontiac Way, Gaithersburg 20878; tel. 869-1488. Annapolis
office: 224 Lowe House Office BIdg., 21401-1991; tel. 858-3046, 841-3046.