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MARGARET H. MURPHY, Democrat, District 41, Baltimore City. Member of
House of Delegates since 1978. Member, Environmental Matters Committee; Joint
Committee on Federal Relations. Chairperson, Baltimore City Delegation, 1989-92. Past
member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review. Past
secretary, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus; secretary, Women Legislators of Maryland.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore public schools, Coppin State College, B.S., 1952, M.A.
equivalent, 1977; Morgan State University. Retired educational associate. Office of English and
Library Services, Baltimore City Public Schools. Member, Medical Transplant Study Commis-
sion, 1984-85; Governor's Advisory Council on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS), 1987-91; Governor's Council on Substance Abuse, Tuberculosis, and AIDS, 1994—.
Member, Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee, 1978—. Board Chairperson,
Vanguard Political Organization, Inc. Member, Ethland Avenue Neighborhood Assoc.; Forest
Park Golf Course Neighborhood Assoc.; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Lambda Kappa Mu;
Ten Plus Social Club; Joyettes Social Club; Public School Teachers Assoc.; National Education
Assoc.; Red Cross; NAACP. Board member, Threshold, Inc. Widow; three children. District
office: 4811 Liberty Heights Ave., Baltimore 21207; tel. (410) 367-5811. Annapolis
office: 314 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3283.

ETHEL A. MURRAY, Democrat, District 35B, Cecil County. Member of House of
Delegates since 1983. Deputy Majority Whip. Member, Appropriations Committee,
1991— (health & the environment subcommittee); Joint Committee on the Management
of Public Funds; Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee;
Joint Committee on Protocol; Joint Expenditure Study Group on Law Enforcement and
Transportation. Past member. Economic Matters Committee; Tort and Insurance Re-
form Oversight Committee; Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing, 1990-91.
Vice-Chair, Eastern Shore Delegation. Born in Bronx, New York, NY, August 11, 1932.
Catherine McAuley Academy, Brooklyn, NY.; University of Maryland; Loyola College; Cecil
Community College. Member, Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission; Interagency
Coordinating Council for the Maryland Infants and Toddlers' Program; Susquehanna River
Watershed Advisory Board; Governor's Commission on Welfare Policy, 1992-94; Statewide
Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, 1993—. Married; six children. District office:
tel. (410) 398-2040. Annapolis office: 403 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel.
(410) 841-3444.

W. MICHAEL NEWNAM, Democrat, District 36, Kent County. Member of House
of Delegates since 1994. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee,
1994—. Born in Chestertown, Maryland, March 16, 1951. Attended Kent County public
schools; Chesapeake College. Manager, C & P Telephone Company. Member, Zoning Appeals
Board, Kent County, 1976-90 (chair, 1986-90). Member, Chestertown Recreation Committee,
1980-86; Chestertown Planning Commission, 1986-90 (chair, 1988-90). Member, Board of
County Commissioners, Kent County, 1990-93 (president, 1990-93). Member, Democratic
State Central Committee, Kent County, 1986-90. Kent Baseball, Inc., 1970-83; Kent Football,
Inc., 1970-83. Board of Directors, Chester River Yacht and Country Club, 1984-88. Kent
County Chapter, American Cancer Society, 1984-88 (chair, 1988). Member, Chestertown
Lions Club, 1989—; Kent County Chamber of Commerce, 1990—. Board of Directors, Kent
Hospice Foundation, 1992—. Married; one child. District office: 217 Birch Run Road,
Chestertown, 21620. Annapolis office; 428 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel.
(410) 841-3189.

GEORGE W. OWINGS III. Democrat, District 29A, Calvert & Anne Arundel
Counties. Member of House of Delegates since 1988. Deputy Majority Whip, 1992—.
Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1994—; Joint Committee
on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1991—. Member, Constitutional and Administrative
Law Committee, 1988-92; Environmental Matters Committee, 1992 93. Chairman,
Calvert County and Southern Maryland Delegations. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, April
11, 1945. Calvert Sr. 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 (Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit
Commendation with Bronze Star Device, Navy-Marine Corps Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
with Silver Star Device). Member, Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland. Former
member, Calvert County Democratic Central Committee. Member, Calvert County Demo-
cratic Club. Board of Directors, United Way of Calvert County. Member, VFW Post 7950 (past
adjutant, 1985-88). Married; one child. District office: P.O. Box 1177, 8217 Bayside Rd.,
Chesapeake Beach 20732; tel. (301) 855-4100. Annapolis office: 217 Lowe House Office
Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3231.