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RICHARD A. PALUMBO, Democrat, District 22A, Prince George's County. Member,
House of Delegates, 1979-82. Appointed to State Senate and served 1982-83. Reelected to
House of Delegates, 1982,1986,1990,1994. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1990—
(education & economic development subcomm.; oversight comm. on pensions; vice-chair,
capital budget 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 (criminal
justice comm.). Born in Newark, New Jersey, August 19, 1938. West Side High School,
Newark, NJ; 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. Jayeees (exhausted rooster); Order of Sons of Italy; Ki-
wanis; 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.

JOAN NEVERDON PARKER, Democrat, District 10, Baltimore County & Baltimore
City. Member of House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Appropriations Committee,
1995— (transportation & the environment subcommittee); Special Joint Task Force on
Transportation, 1995—. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, June 3, 1935. Community College
of Baltimore, A.A. (accounting), 1972; University of Baltimore, B.S. (business administra-
tion), 1981. Retired State of Maryland employee; full-time legislator. Director, Robin Hill
Community Association, Inc., 1976—. Member, Community Outreach Committee, Balti-
more Symphony Orchestra, 1988—; Epworth Commission on the Status and Role of Women,
1992—. Treasurer, Liberty Road Community Council, Inc., 1992-94. Member, Baltimore
County Minority Advisory Council, 1994—; Women's Council, Maryland Democratic Party,
1994—. Member, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women; Balti-
more County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (life member). Public Service
Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 1988. Achievement Award, NAACP, Randallstown
Branch, 1991. Married; three children. District office: 6660 Security Blvd., Suite 10,
Baltimore 21207; tel. (410) 265-5700. Annapolis office: 309 Lowe House Office Bldg.,
21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3350.

OBIE PATTERSON, Democrat, District 26, Prince George's County. Member of
House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Commit-
tee, 1995—(transportation & motor vehicles subcommittee). Vice-Chair, County Affairs
Committee, Prince George's County Delegation. Born in Lancaster, South Carolina,
March 2, 1938. Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, B.S., 1965;
University of Florida, M.A., 1971. Member, Housing Commission, Gainesville, Florida,
1970. Board of Directors, Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization, 1980-84. Board of
Trustees, Johnson C. Smith University, 1994—. Member, NAACP; Pi Sigma National
Honor Society. Award, United Negro College Fund. Two children. District office: 6125
Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill 20745; tel. (301) 839-4986. Annapolis office: 205 Lowe House
Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (301) 858-3012, (410) 841-3012.

SHANE PENDERGRASS, Democrat, District 13A, Howard County. Member of
House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1995—(work-
ers' compensation subcommittee). Born in Los Angeles, California, March 14, 1950.
University of Illinois, B.F.A., 1973, M.A., 1974. Member, Howard County Council, 1986-94
(chair, 1989, 1990, 1993). Member, State Commission on Neighborhoods, 1995—. Married;
two children. District office: tel. (301) 498-6632. Annapolis office: 209 Lowe House
Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3205.