Gilbert Gude (1923-2007)
MSA SC 3520-2028
Biography:
Born in Washington, D.C., March 9, 1923. Attended Washington, D.C. and Rockville public schools; University of Maryland; Cornell University, B.S. (horticulture), 1948; George Washington University, M.A. (public administration), 1958. Married; five children. Died June 7, 2007, in Washington, D.C.
General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1953-58. Member of Senate, 1963-68.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1943-46. Former Chair, Montgomery
County Republican State Central Committee; Delegate, Republican State Convention,
1952. Republican State Central Committee, 1958. Member, U.S. House
of Representatives, 8th Congressional District, 1967-1977. Delegate,
Republican National Convention, 1968. Congressional observer, U.N.
Conference on Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972. Director of the
Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service, 1977-1985. Member
and former Chair, Consultative Committee of Experts, International Centre
for Parliamentary Documentation, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva.
Landscape nurseryman; Past President, Maryland Nurserymen's Association.
Former Member, Board of Directors, Rockville Rotary Club; Montgomery Heart
and T.B. Association. Member, Middle Atlantic Naturalist Society.
Member, Board of Trustees, Maryland Association for Retarded Children.
Sources: Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress online: http://gioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/bosearch.asp.
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