Helen L. Koss (1922-2008)
MSA SC 3520-1947
Biography:
Born Helen Levine in New York, NY, June 3, 1922. Attended public schools of Ellenville, New York; Bennington College. A.B., 1942. Married to Howard Koss; two daughters: Deborah K. Chasanow and Tamar Bernbaum. Died September 28, 2008.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Montgomery County, 1971-86. Chair, Constitutional
and Administrative Law Committee, 1979-87. Member, Elections Subcommittee,
1971-87; chair, 1972-79. Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics,
1972-79. Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 1979-87; Rules and
Executive Nominations Committee.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Montgomery County Health and Welfare Council, 1958-61; Montgomery
County Commission on Youth. 1959-61. Chair, Reapportionment and Constitutional
Studies Committee, 1959-63. Member, Montgomery County Advisory Committee
on Special Youth Needs, 1962-63. State president, League of Women
Voters of Maryland, 1963-67. Member, Governor's Commission on Crime
and Delinquency; Governor's Commission to Study Reapportionment of the
General Assembly, 1963. Delegate, 1967 Constitutional Convention
of Maryland. Chair, Committee on on Suffrage and Elections.
Member, Board of Visitors, Bowie State College, 1970-76; Governor's Commission
to Study the Public Service Commission Law, 1977; Maryland Highway Safety
Coordinating Committee, 1979-87; Governor's Task Force on State Procurement
Regulations, 1980; Executive/Legislative Committee to Study the Feasibility
of a Biennial Budget, 1985; Commission to Review the Election Laws, 1985-87.
Co-chair, Task Force on Election Laws. Member, National Order of
Women Legislators; Committee on Ethics and Elections of the National Conference
of State Legislators. Chair, State Administrative Board of Election
Laws, 1995-2000. Member, Special Study Commission on the Maryland
Public Ethics Law, 1998-2000. Ann London Scott Award for Legislative
Excellence, Maryland Chapter of the National Organization for Women, 1978;
Certificate of Merit, NAACP, 1978; Outstanding Member Award, 1978, Meritorious
Award, 1980, Dedicated Service Award, 1984, American Association of University
Women; Common Cause Award, 1979; Montgomery County Focus Women Award, 1981;
Public Service Award, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, 1982; Leadership
Award, Maryland Association of Counties in 1983. Member, Kensington-Wheaton
Democratic Club, Women's Suburban Democratic Club, Women's National Democratic
Club, American Association of University Women.
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