ees' Retirement System of the City of Baltimore,
and $2 million from the State of Maryland
As a limited partner, the Trust invests in newly
formed and existing venture capital funds which, as
part of their overall investment strategy, will ensure
that a ma)onty of Trust funds are invested in Mary-
land business enterprises that are in the initial stages
of development Since July 1992, the Trust, in its
role as a "fund of funds," now has committed its
entire $19 1 million in eight venture capital part-
nerships Catalyst Ventures ($3 million), Oxford
Bioscience Partners ($3 million), Edison Venture
Fund III ($3 million), GroTech Partners IV ($3
million), Calvert Social Venture Partners ($2 mil
lion), TDH III ($2 million). Kitty Hawk Capital
LP, III ($16 million), and Tn Tech Partners
($15 million)
The Board of Trustees of the Trust has seven
members They are named to four year terms by the
Governor with Senate advice and consent (Code
1957, Art 83A,secs 5 301 through 5-309)

MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION

Thomas E Bratten, Jr , Director

Federal Building, Room 110 (410) 333-4428
31 Hopkms Plaza (410) 962 4700
Baltimore, MD 21201 fax (410) 333 1071

BUDGET (CODE DPOO, formerly 23 15 00)
PY1994 FY1995 FY1996

Funds (actual) (acnul) (ipprop)

General $2 103,777 $2,298,184 $2,453,543
Special $ 85,050 S 78,875 $ 86,587
Federal $ 279450 $ 291,006 S 287,550
Total Funds $2,468,277 $2,668065 $2,827,680

Staff
Authorized 68 68 68
Contractual (FTE) 339
Total Staff 71 71 77

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

Soldiers' Relief Fund Commission, 1924 29
Veterans Relief Commission, 1929 35
Maryland Veterans Commission, 1935 71
Department of Employment & Social Services,
Maryland Veterans Commission, 1971 75
Department of Human Resources, Maryland
Veterans Commission, 1975 77
Maryland Veterans Commission, 1977—

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION

Calvin E Patton, Chair, 1999

Appointed by Governor (who names chair) Albert J Bland,
1995, Vernon M Kershaw, 1995, David Joseph Pekar,
1995, Edwin F Pelosky, 1995, Meyer Sokolow, 1995,
Thomas Wallace, 1995, Harry E Yaukey, Sr , 1995, W
Bryan Hall, 1996, Francis D Michaels, 1996. Irene M
Wallmgford, 1997, Claude L Callegary, 1998, John A
Jarosmski, 1999, Capt J E Dolan, U S M C (Ret),

2000, Robert C Adams, Sr ,2001, F Robert Arzt, 2001,
Nicholas T Bassetti, 2001, John J Gistedt, 2001, George
W Harnson, 2001, Walter D Hyle, Jr ,2001, Ronald J
Kimball, 2001, Lewis Powell, 2001, Charles E Reeder,
2001, Richard J Santos, 2001

Ex officio Norns J Walbert, Chair, Veterans Home
Commission

WASHINGTON CEMETERY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
Samuel E Pruett, President (410) 333 4428

Appointed by Governor David A Foltz, Ph D ,
Frederick H Hoover, Sr Terms expire 1996

DIRECTOR

Thomas E Bratten, Jr (410) 333 4428
(410) 962 4700

FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
Patncia A Grothe, Chief (410) 333 4428

VETERANS SERVICE PROGRAM
(DP0001, formerly 23 15 00 01)
FY1996 appropriation $1,057,684
FY1996 authorized positions 19
Robert E Barron, Manager (410) 962 4701
(410) 333 4429

VETERANS SERVICE CENTERS

(*Astensks signify mil time service centers, other centers
provide itinerant service weekly, biweekly, or monthly)

BALTIMORE CITY

Robert E Barron, Supervisor

31 Hopkins Plaza*
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 333 4428

EASTERN SHORE AREA

Kathenne Potter, Service Officer (410) 228 1933
fax (410)221 1834

CAROLINE COUNTY

Caroline County Public Library
Market St
Denton, MD 21629 (410) 479 1343

DORCHESTER COUNTY

County Office Building, Room 106*
Cambridge, MD 21613 (410) 228 1933
tax (410)221 1834

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
4802 Main St
Grasonville, MD 21638 (410)8276116

SOMERSET COUNTY

Civil Defense Office
Princess Anne, MD 21853 (410) 651 0707

Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
930 West Main St
Cnsfield, MD 21817 (410) 968 0440

TALBOT COUNTY

Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
US Route 50
Easton, MD 21601 (410) 822 3030

WICOMICO COUNTY

State Office Building
201 Baptist St
Salisbury, MD 21801 4973 (410) 543 6675