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PETER FRANCHOT, Democrat, District 20, Montgomery County. Member of House
of Delegates since 1987. House Chair, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1995—.
Member, Appropriations Committee, 1987— (vice-chair, transportation & environment
subcommittee). Chair, Committee on County Financing, Montgomery County Delega-
tion, 1995—. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, November 25, 1947. Phillips Academy;
Amherst College, B.A., 1973; Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 1978. Served in
U.S. Army, 1968-70, Attorney. Legislative counsel, Union of Concerned Scientists, 1978-80.
Staff director for Congressman Edward J. Markey, 1980-86. Special counsel to chair of
Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power, U.S. Congressional Committee on Energy
and Commerce, 1985-86. Former president and treasurer, Longbranch Sligo Citizens
Association. Coach, Takoma Park Youth Soccer League. Coach, Montgomery County Youth
Hockey League. Married; two children. District office; 7111 Sycamore Ave., Takoma Park
20912; tel. (301) 270-4001. Annapolis office: 424 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-
1991; tel. (301) 858-3460.

ROBERT L. FRANK, Democrat, District 11, Baltimore County. Member, House of
Delegates since 1995; Economic Matters Committee, 1995— (real property work group;
workers' compensation subcomm.). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 26, 1958. Pikes-
ville High School; Duke University, B.S. (electrical engineering), 1980; University of Mary-
land School of Law, J.D., 1983. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (past
member, bd. of governors; chair, general practice section); American and Baltimore County
Bar Associations. Member, Reisterstown, Owings Mills, Glyndon Chamber of Commerce (past
pres.); Pikesville Chamber of Commerce. Past chair, Joint Chambers Action Committee,
Baltimore County. President, Pikesville Baseball Program, 1984-86; Pikesville Recreation
Council, 1988-90. Chair, Woodholme Park Light Committee, 1986-91; Interview Commit-
tee of Baltimore, Duke University Alumni, 1987-92. League Chair, Reisterstown Baseball,
1991-94. Executive Board, Reisterstown Elementary School P.T.A; 1991—. Representative,
Baltimore County P.T.A. Council, 1992— (chair, community partnership comm., 1991—;
parliamentarian, 1993—). Member, Select Committee on Gender Equality of Court of
Appeals and Maryland State Bar Association, 1992-93; State Employees' Health Insurance
Advisory Council, 1995—. Married; three children. District office: 15 Sunny King Dr.,
Reisterstown 21136; tel. (410) 526-2020. Annapolis office: 306 Lowe House Office
Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3342. E-mail: delfrank@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us. World
Wide Web: http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~delfrank/welcome.html.

BARBARA FRUSH, Democrat, District 21, Prince George's County. Member of House
of Delegates since 1995. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1995— (environ-
mental & natural resources subcommittee). Born in Washington, DC, May 31, 1945.
Northwestern High School, Hyattsville; American Institute. Member, Prince George's County
Democratic Central Committee. Assistant to Parliamentarian, Democratic Party National
Convention, 1968, 1972. Deputy Director, Rules Commission, Democratic Party National
Convention, 1972. Member, Commission on Aging, 1995—. Distinguished Service Award,
Calverton Recreation Council. Pride Award, St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel.
Married; two children. District office: 3019 Chapel View Dr., Beltsville 20705; tel. (301)
572-4042. Annapolis office: 210 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (301)
858-3114, (410) 841-3114.

DONALD C. FRY, Democrat, District 35A, Harford County. Member, House of Dele-
gates since 1991; Appropriations Committee, 1992— (capital budget subcomm., 1992—;
oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation; chair,
transportation & the environment subcomm., 1995—); Joint Subcommittee on Program
Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995—; Special Joint Task Force on
Transportation, 1995—. House Chair, Joint Committee on Mandates, 1995—. Member,
Ways and Means Committee, 1991-92; Joint Transportation 2000 Committee, 1994;
Joint Work Group on Community College Financing, 1994. Chair, Harford County
Delegation, 1992, 1995. Born in Killeen, Texas, June 23, 1955. Bel Air Sr. High School;
Frostburg State College, B.S., 1977; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1979.
Attorney. Member, Maryland State and Harford County Bar Assocs. Citizen member, Har-
ford County Board of Estimates, 1978-82. Member, Democratic Central Committee of Har-
ford County, 1980-82, 1986-90 (chair). Chair, Commission on Human Relations, 1988-89
(member, 1985-89). Member, Baltimore/Washington International Airport Advisory Com-
mittee, 1993. Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Northeastern District, 1984-89
(chair, 1986-89). President, Bel Air Jaycees, 1983. Named one of Ten Outstanding Young
Marylanders by Maryland Jaycees, 1988. Married; one son. District office: 1714 W. Jar-
rettsville Rd., Jarrettsville 21084; tel. (410) 836-6747. Annapolis office: 326 Lowe House
Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3289.