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CORNELL N. DYPSKI, Democrat, District 46, Baltimore City & Baltimore County.
Member of Senate, 1975-83; Constitutional and Public Law Committee; Election Laws
Task Force. Co-Chair, Legislative Committee on Port of Maryland. Member of House of
Delegates since 1987. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1995—
(procurement subcommittee; chair, transportation & motor vehicles subcommittee); Joint
Committee on Protocol. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1990-94. Vice-Chair, Baltimore
City Delegation, 1991—. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 1931. Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute; University of Baltimore. Administrative officer, Motor Vehicle Admini-
stration. Member, Governor's Commission on Baltimore City Automobile-Insurance Rate
Reduction, 1995—. Recipient of numerous community and veterans citations. Recipient for
four years, Community Service Award for work as a chair of United Charity Campaign.
Married; one son. District office: 638 S. Decker Ave., Baltimore 21224. Annapolis office:
316 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3303.

ADELAIDE (ADDIE) C. ECKARDT, Republican, District 37B, Talbot, Caroline,
Dorchester, & Wicomico Counties. Member of House of Delegates since 1995. Member,
Economic Matters Committee, 1995— (health insurance subcommittee); Special Com-
mittee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1995—. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, September
8, 1943. Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing; University of Maryland School of Nursing,
B.S., 1978, M.S., 1981. Registered Nurse-Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. Member,
Dorchester County Republican Central Committee, 1986-1994. Board of Directors, Dorches-
ter General Hospital, 1988—. President, Maryland Nurses Association, 1989-91 (legislative
chair, 1986-89, 1993-94). Executive Committee, Maryland Hospital Association, 1993—.
Board, Chesapeake Health Planning Systems (past pres. & vice-pres.). Member, Maryland
Nurses Association; American Nurses Association; American Ortho-Psychiatric Association;
Sigma Theta Tau. Psychiatric Nursing Award, University of Maryland Graduate School of
Nursing, 1981. Nurse of the Year, District 4, Maryland Nurses Association, 1986, 1991.
Outstanding Board Member Award, Maryland Nurses Association, 1992. Rosalie S. Abrams
Legislative Award, Maryland Nurses Association, 1988. Married; three sons. District office:
12 Nanticoke Rd., Cambridge 21613; tel. (410) 221-6561. Annapolis office: 404 Lowe
House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3343.

GEORGE C. EDWARDS, Republican, District 1A, Garrett & Allegany Counties. Mem-
ber, House of Delegates since 1983; Appropriations Committee, 1983— (capital budget
subcommittee; transportation & the environment subcomm.); Rules and Executive Nomi-
nations Committee, 1995—; Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds,
1995—; Special Joint Task Force on Transportation, 1995—. House Chair, Joint Sub-
committee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1991—. Chair,
Garrett County Delegation. Chair, Western Maryland Delegation. Born in Grantsville,
Maryland, April 9, 1948. Northern High School, Accident; Fairmont State College, B.S.
(business administration), cum laude, 1970. Drafted by Baltimore Colts, 1970; NALA Foot-
ball All-American Fullback. Frostburg State College, teacher certification, 1971-74. Served
in Maryland National Guard, 1970-76. Member, Tri-County Council for Western Mary-
land; Citizens Advisory Board for Brandenburg Center; Maryland Advisory Commission on
Manufacturing Competitiveness, 1995—. Past member, Deep Creek Lake Advisory and Re-
view Committee. Grantsville Town Council, 1972-74, 1980-82; Garrett County Board of
County Commissioners, 1974-78; Garrett County Development Corp., 1974—. Legislative
Committee, Maryland Assoc. of Counties, 1975-78. Member, National Rifle Assoc.; Ameri-
can Legion; Lonaconing Republican Club; FOP Lodge 40 (associate member); Lions Club
(pres., 1982-83). St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Married; two children. District office:
P.O. Box 658, Grantsville 21536-0658; tel. (301) 895-5720, (301) 746-5831. Annapolis
office: 320 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3435.

DONALD B. ELLIOTT, Republican, District 4B, Carroll & Frederick Counties. Mem-
ber of House of Delegates since 1987. Member, Environmental Matters Committee,
1987— (ranking minority member, 1995—; health & public utilities subcommittee).
Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Cost Containment, 1992. Vice-Chair, Carroll
County Delegation, 1995—. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 18, 1931. Kenwood
High School, Baltimore County; University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, B.S., 1957.
Attended St. John's University, New York, for additional study in pharmaceutical chemistry.
Served in U.S. Navy; Corpsman 2nd class, Navy Hospital Corps, 1951-55; Lieutenant, 1959-
63; Naval Reserve, 1963-71; presently LCDR (retired). Pharmacist. Member, Governor's
Task Force on Solid Waste Management, 1988; Governor's Task Force on Indoor Air Quality,
1989-90; Child Care Administration Advisory Council, 1995—. Member, New Windsor
Planning Board, one year; New Windsor Zoning Appeals Board, five years. Married; three
children. District office: Box 370, 204 Lambert Ave., New Windsor 21776; tel. (410)
848-5373, (410) 875-4026 (Carroll County); (410) 775-1084 (Frederick County); (301)
898-0639 (Emmitsburg). Annapolis office: 323 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991;
tel. (410) 841-3107.