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MARGARET H. MURPHY, Democrat, District 41. Born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Attended Baltimore public schools; Coppin State College, B.S., 1952, Master's Equivalent;

Morgan State University. Educational Associate, Office of English and Library Services,
Baltimore City Public Schools. Member, Baltimore City Democratic State Central Com-
mittee, 1978—. Board Chairperson, Vanguard Political Organization, Inc. Member,
Ethland Avenue Neighborhood Association; Forest Park Golf Course Neighborhood
Association, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Lambda Kappa Mu; Ten Plus Social Club;

Joyettes Social Club; Public School Teachers Association; National Education Association;

Red Cross; NAACP. Board member. Threshold, Inc. Member, Medical Transplant Study
Commission. Widow, three children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1978.
Member, Environmental Matters Committee; Joint Committee on Administrative, Execu-
tive and Legislative Review; Joint Committee on Federal Relations. Chairperson, Baltimore
City Delegation. Past secretary, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus; secretary. Women
Legislators of Maryland. District office: 4811 Liberty Heights Ave., Baltimore 21207; tcl.
367-5811. Annapolis office: 314 Lowe House Office Bidg., 21401-1991; tcl. 841-3283.

ETHEL A. MURRAY, Democrat, District 35B. Born in Bronx, New York, N.Y., August
11,1932. Catherine McAulcy Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y., University of Maryland, Loyola
College; Cecil Community College. Member, Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Com-
mission; Infants and Toddlers' Program Interagency Coordinating Council. Mamed, six
children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983. Member, Appropriations Com-
mittee, 1991—. Former member. Economic Matters Committee- Member, Tort and
Insurance Reform Oversight Committee; Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance
Oversight Committee; Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing; Joint Committee on
Protocol. District office: tel. 398-2040. Annapolis office: 403 Lowe House Office Bidg.,
21401-1991; tel. 841-3444.

GEORGE W. OWINGS III, Democrat, District 29A. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida,
April 11, 1945. Calvert Senior High School; University of Maryland, 1963-64; Prince
George's Community College, A.A., 1978. Manager, Margaretten & Company, Inc.
Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1964-68 (sergeant); Vietnam, 1965-68; awarded Presiden-
tial Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation with Bronze Star Device, Navy-Marine Corps
Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Silver Star Device. Former member, Calvert County
Democratic Central Committee. Member, Calvert County Democratic Club Board of
Directors, United Way of Calvert County Member, VFW Post 7950 (past adjutant,
1985-88). Married; one child. Member of the House of Delegates since 1988. Member,
Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee; Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay
Critical Areas. Chairman, Calvert County Delegation. District office: Box 3, Route 778,
Owmgs 20736; tel. 257-0267. Annapolis office: 217 Lowe House Office Bidg., 21401-
1991; tel. 841-3231.

RICHARD A- PALUMBO, Democrat, District 22. Born in Newark, New Jersey, August
19, 1938. West Side High School, Newark, N.J.; University of Maryland, B.S., 1963;

University of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B-, J.D., 1969. Attorney, currently in private
practice. American, Md. State and Prince George's County Bar Assoc.; National District
Attorneys'Assoc.; National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Prince George's Criminal
Trial Lawyers' Assoc.; Md. State's Attorneys' Assoc. Assistant State's Attorney, Prince
George's County, 1969-74. Prince George's Citizens Advisory Committee, 1971-76. Univ.
ofMd. President's Club, board of directors, Univ. ofMd. Terrapin Club. Prince George's
County Jaycees (exhausted rooster), Sons of Italy; Kiwanis; Prince George's County Young
Democratic Club. Democratic State Central Committee, 1974-78. Property Tax Assess-
ment Appeals Board, Prince George's County, 1977-79. Mamed. Member, House of
Delegates, 1979-82. Appointed to State Senate and served 1982-83. Rcelectcd to House
of Delegates in 1982,1986,1990 Member, Appropriations Committee, 1990— (subcom-
mittee on education & human resources). House Chairman, Joint Committee on Inves-
tigation. Member, Southern Legislative Conference (committee on criminal justice).
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Law Enforcement and State-Approved Boards, Prince
George's County Delegation. District office: 4004 St. Barnabas Rd., Suitland 20746; tcl.
423-8300. Annapolis office: 207 Lowe House Office Bidg, 21401-1991; tel. 858-3058.