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NATHANIEL T. OAKS, Democrat, District 41, Baltimore City. Member of House of
Delegates, 1983-89, and since 1995. Member, Environmental Matters Committee,
1995—; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1995—.
Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1983-89; Commerce and Government Matters
Committee, 1995 (transportation & motor vehicles subcomm.). Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, October 19, 1946. Edmonson High School; University of Baltimore; Towson State
College; Morgan State College, B.S., 1974. Member, Baltimore City Fair Steering Committee,
1971; Board of Liquor License Commissioners, Baltimore City, 1975-83. Member, Electoral
College of the U.S., 1976. Executive Board, Democratic State Central Committee, 1977-78.
Member, Governor's High Technology Roundtable, 1983-86. Member, New Democratic
Coalition, 5th District; financial secretary. Five in Five Democratic Club, Inc.; Concerned
Citizens of Edmonson Village; Edmonson Village League; Board of Governors, Citizens
Planning and Housing Association; Northwest Outer Urban Coalition; Steering Committee,
Edmonson-Frederic Community Coalition. Secretary, Northwest Civic Forum. Member,
Baltimore Life Underwriters' Association, Baltimore Chapter, National Association of Black
Social Workers, NAACP; board member, Urban Scientist, Inc. Notary Public. District office:
4811 Liberty Heights Ave., Baltimore 21207; tel. (410) 367-3200. Annapolis office: 314
Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401 1991, tel. (410) 841-3283.

ANTHONY J. O'DONNELL, Republican, District 29C, Calvert & St. Mary's Coun-
ties. Member of House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1995—
(family & juvenile law subcommittee). Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1961.
Middletown Area High School, Middletown, Pennsylvania; Naval Nuclear Propulsion
School, 1980, University of the State of New York, B.S., 1985. U.S. Navy (E-6), 1979-87.
Supervisor, Instrument Modifications Unit, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Baltimore
Gas and Electric Company. Republican Precinct Organization, Calvert County, 1990-94.
Calvert County Election Re-districting Committee, 1992. Calvert County Compensation
Board, 1993 Edward T. Hall Memorial Award for Outstanding Republican Man of the
Year, Calvert County, 1993. Married; three children. District office: P.O. Box 682, Lusby
20657; tel. (410) 326-9648. Annapolis office: 217 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-
1991; tel. (410) 841-3314.

CLAY C. OPARA, Democrat, District 41, Baltimore City. Member of House of
Delegates since 1996. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (trans-
portation & motor vehicles subcommittee), 1996—. Born in Ibadon, Nigeria, March 6,
1965. State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. (political science), 1987; University of
Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1990. Law clerk to Judge Richard T. Rombro, Baltimore City
Circuit Court, 1990-91. Attorney. Member, National, Maryland State and Monumental
City Bar Associations. Member, Vanguard Political Organization. Annapolis office: 314
Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841 3283.

GEORGE W. OWINGS III, Democrat, District 27B, Calvert & Anne Arundel Coun-
ties. Member, House of Delegates since 1988. Majority Whip, 1995— (deputy majority
whip, 1992-94) Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1995— (chair, environ-
mental & natural resources subcommittee); Rules and Executive Nominations Commit-
tee, 1995—; Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1991—. Member,
Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1988-92; Environmental Matters
Committee, 1992-93; Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1994. Chair,
Calvert County Delegation. 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. Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1964-69 (sergeant); Vietnam, 1965-69 (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. Member, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1991-93; Southern States Energy
Board, 1995—. Member, Calvert County Democratic Club; Calvert County Democratic
Central Committee, 1985-88. Charter President, Mid-Chesapeake Bay Kiwanis. Member,
VFWPostno. 7950 (past adjutant, 1985-88). 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.