RICHARD A. PALUMBO, Democrat, District 22, Prince George's County. Member,
House of Delegates, 1979-82. Appointed to State Senate and served 1982-83. Reelected
to House of Delegates, 1982, 1986,1990. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1990—
(education & transp. subcomm.). Vice-Chair, Joint Budget and Audit Committee. House
Chair, Joint Committee on Investigation. Member, Law Enforcement and State-Approved
Boards Committee, Prince George's Co. Delegation, Southern Legislative Conference
(committee on criminal justice). 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. Member, American, Md. State and Prince George's County Bar Assocs.;
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
Co., 1969-74. Prince George's Citizens Advisory Committee, 1971-76. Democratic State Central
Committee, 1974-78. Property Tax Assessment Appeals Board, Prince George's Co., 1977-79. Univ.
of Md. President's Club; bd. of directors, Univ. of Md. Terrapin Club. Prince George's Co. Jaycees
(exhausted rooster); Order of Sons of Italy; Kiwanis; Prince George's Co. Young Democratic Club.
Married. District office: 4004 St. Barnabas Rd., Suitland 20746; tel. (301) 423-8300. Annapolis
office: 207 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (301) 858-3058; (410) 841-3058.

SAMUEL M. PARHAM, Democrat, District 41, Baltimore City. Member of House of
Delegates since 1989. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1992— (education & trans-
portation subcommittee); Joint Committee on Investigation, 1993—. Member, Consti-
tutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1989-92 (chair, subcommittee on integrated
school curricula concerning African & African-American contributions & experiences).
Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, February 4, 1930. North Carolina Central University,
B.S.C., 1952; New York University, M.A., 1956. Served in U.S. Army, 1953-55 (Corporal).
Retired teacher and department head for business education, Baltimore City Public School System.
Contractual professor, Morgan State University. Member, Educational Systems for the 70s
(curriculum development), 1969-72. Treasurer, Baltimore Teachers' Union, 1969-74. Project
Director, Baltimore City Teacher Corps, 1974-78. Principal, Evening School of Dunbar High
School, Baltimore City, 1980-84. Member, Maryland Advisory Council for Individuals with
Disabilities, 1993—. Member, Urban Services Commission, Baltimore City. President, Five in
Five Democratic Club. Treasurer, Northwest Civic Forum. Member, NAACP. District office:
4811 Liberty Heights Ave., Baltimore 21207; tel. (410) 367-7455. Annapolis office: 314
Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3283.

MARSHA G. PERRY, Democrat, District 33, Anne Arundel County. Member, House
of Delegates, since 1987; Environmental Matters Committee. Southern Legislative Con-
ference (comm. on natural resources & the environment). Born in Niagara Falls, New York,
December 9, 1936. Elmira College; Cornell University, B.S. (industrial & labor relations,
secondary education), 1959. Member, Southern Conference on Infant Mortality; State Commis-
sion on Infant Mortality Prevention; Anne Arundel Co. Patuxent Wastewater Reclamation
Advisory Committee; Anne Arundel Co. Drug and Alcohol Advisory Commission. Bd. of direc-
tors, Martin Pollack Project; Sarah's House; Anne Arundel Co. Heart Affiliate; Chesapeake &
Potomac Region, American Cancer Society; Harbour School; Bello Machre; Md. Hall for the
Creative Arts; YMCA of Anne Arundel Co.; Chesapeake Academy; Crofton Kiwanis Club;
Crofton Civic Assoc. Member, Fort Meade Coordinating Council; Democratic Women of Anne
Arundel Co.; Davidsonville Civic Assoc.; Severn River Assoc.; Greater Odenton Improvement
Assoc.; Patuxent Improvement Assoc. Past pres., West County Federation of Community Assocs.
Skating instructor, Bowie Ice Arena; Benfield Pines Ice Rink. Director, Prostart Hockey Camps.
Power skating coach, Washington Capitals Youth Hockey. Crofton Citizen of the Year, 1986.
Member, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. Married; three children. District office: 1605 Edg-
erton Place, Crofton 21114; tel. (410) 721-7034. Annapolis office: 214 Lowe House
Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3223, (301) 858-3223.

CAROL STOKER PETZOLD, Democrat, District 19, Montgomery County. Member,
House of Delegates since 1987; Judiciary Committee, 1992—; Special House Committee
on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1993—. Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law
Committee, 1987-92. Member, Transportation Committee, National Conference of State
Legislatures. Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Central High School, Memphis, Tennessee; Valparaiso
University, B.S. Member, State Scholarship Board, 1978-87 (chair, 1985-87); Citizens Advisory
Board, Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents—Rockville, 1988—.Member, Transpor-
tation Planning Board, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 1989—. Member,
Montgomery County Commission for Children and Youth, 1979-84; Montgomery County
Commission on Councilmanic Redistricting, 1982. President, Kensington Day Care Council,
1970-74. Member, Kensington Branch, American Assoc. of University Women, 1962— (presi-
dent, 1977-79); United Way Council, 1981—. Board of Directors, Lutheran Social Services,
1980-86; Aspen Hill Civic Assoc., 1985—. AAUW Name Grant Honoree, 1971, 1981, and
Outstanding Member Award, 1979; U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Recognition of Outstanding Commitment to Children, 1980. Married; three children. District
office: 14113 Chadwick Lane, Rockville 20853; tel. (301) 871-7413. Annapolis office: 225
Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (301) 858-3037, (410) 841-3037.