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___________STATE SENATE BIOGRAPHIES___________

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

THOMAS V. MIKE MILLER, JR., Democrat, District 27, Prince George's,
Anne Arundel & Calvert Counties. Member of House of Delegates, 1971-75.
Member of Senate since 1975. President since 1987. Co-Chair, Legislative
Policy Committee, 1987—. Member, Rules Committee, 1983—; Joint Com-
mittee on Legislative Ethics, 1987—; Spending Affordability Committee,
1991—. Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 1983-86. Deputy Majority
Leader, 1983-86. President, Southern States Senate Leaders Conference, 1988.
Born in Clinton, Maryland, December 3,1942. Attended Prince George's County
public schools; University of Maryland, B.S., 1964, University of Maryland School
of Law, LL.B., J.D., 1967. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1967. Attorney. Member,
American, Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Mem-
ber, Executive/ Legislative Committee to Study the Feasibility of a Biennial
Budget, 1985; Governor's Oversight Committee on Liability Insurance, 1986;
Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1987; Advisory Council on Lead Poisoning, 1987; Mary-
land Housing Policy Commission, 1987; State House Trusty 1987—; Maryland
Veterans Home Commission, 1987; State Commission on the Capital City, 1987-
92; Maryland 1992 Commission, 1989-94; Governor's Task Force on Trees and
Forests, 1990. Member, Surratts, Brandywine, Nottingham, Fort Washington,
and Upper Marlboro Democratic Clubs. Past officer or director of numerous boys
and girls clubs; civic, fraternal, business, social and historical organizations. Re-
cipient of awards from Washington-area Boy Scouts, Prince George's County Vol-
unteer Fire Departments, Maryland Med-Chi, Maryland and Prince George's
County Police Departments, Sierra Club, and veterans groups. Distinguished
Alumnus of the Year, University of Maryland, 1988; Outstanding Citizen, Prince
George's County Board of Trade; Outstanding Legislator, Maryland Municipal
League; William P. Coliton Community Service Award, The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity; Local 400 AFL-CIO Public Service Award; Outstanding Knight of Co-
lumbus. Married; five children. District office: 808 Old Branch Ave., Clinton
20735; tel. (301) 868-6931. Annapolis office: H-107 State House, 21401-
1991; tet. (301) 858-3700, (410) 841-3700.

WILLIAM H. AMOSS, Democrat, District 35, Harford & Cecil Counties. Member,
House of Delegates, 1975-82. Member, Senate since 1983; Legislative Policy Committee;
Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review; Spending Af-
fordability Committee; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural
Land Preservation; Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives; Joint
Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1987-94. Vice-Chair, Budget and Taxation
Committee,, 1995— (public safety, transportation, economic development, & natural
resources subcomm; chair, capital budget subcomm. & pensions subcomm.). Senate
Chair, Joint Budget and Audit Committee, 1995—; Special Joint Committee on Pensions;
Joint Transportation 2000 Committee, 1994. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 2,
1936. Harford County parochial & public schools; Harford Community College; Univ. of
Maryland—Overseas; Missouri School of Auctioneering. Auctioneer and appraiser. Served
in U.S. Army, 1955-58. Member, Aquaculture Advisory Committee; State Use Industries
Advisory Committee; Maryland Historical Trust. Member, Governor's Task Force on State
Support for Volunteer Fire, Rescue and Ambulance Companies, 1983-85; Maryland Com-
mission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 1994—. Member, Md. Farm Bureau; Md. &
National Auctioneers Assocs. Past director, Bel Air Jaycees. District office: P.O. Box 496,
2303 Bel Air Rd., Fallston 21047-0496; tel. (410) 838-7555. Annapolis office: 131 James
Senate Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3603.

JOHN C. ASTLE, Democrat, District 30, Anne Arundel County. Member, House of
Delegates, 1983-94; Appropriations Committee, 1987-93 (vice-chair, capital budget sub-
comm.; vice-chair, budget subcomm. on law enforcement & transportation); Joint Com-
mittee on Legislative Ethics, 1987-94; Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing,
1990-91; Joint Expenditure Study Group on Law Enforcement and Transportation,
1991; Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1994. Chair, Anne Arundel
County Delegation, 1986-91. Member, Senate since 1995; Finance Committee, 1995—
(welfare reform subcomm.); Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 1995—; Joint Com-
mittee on Federal Relations, 1995—. Born in Charlestown, West Virginia, March 31, 1943.
Barboursville High School, Barboursville, West Virginia; Marshall University, B.A; 1966;
Catholic University of America, graduate studies, 1972-74. Employed in aviation. Served in
U.S. Marine Corps, captain, 1966-75 (31 air medals, 2 purple hearts, presidential service
badge); assigned to White House support staff (Presidential helicopter pilot) for three and
one-half years. Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Member, Task Force on Dual Office-
Holding by Public Employees, 1995; Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Task Force,
1995. Member, Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Married; two children. Annapolis office: Presidential Wing, James Senate
Office Bidg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3578.