Carlton R. Sickles (1921-2004)
MSA SC 3520-2122
Biography:
Born in Hamden, Connecticut, June 15, 1921. Son of Carlton Wilbur and Maria Louisa (Torelli) Sickles. Attended public schools of New Haven, Connecticut and Washington D.C.; Roosevelt High School, Washington, D.C., 1939; Georgetown University, B.S.S., cum laude, 1943; Georgetown University Law School, J.D., 1948. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1949. Married Simone Shornick (d. 1990), February 16, 1947; one daughter, Simone Louise. Married Jacqueline Eig, 1996. Died January 17, 2004, in Bethesda, Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Prince George's County, 1955-62. Chair, Labor
Committee, 1959-62.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in the U.S. Army, World War II, 1943-46; captain, Chinese Combat
Command. Assistant general counsel, United Mine Workers of America
Welfare and Retirement Fund, 1949-51. Served in U.S. Air Force, Korean
War, Office of Special Investigations, 1951-52; captain. Practicing
attorney, 1952-89. Partner, Carday Associates, Inc., Administrators
and Consultants of Welfare and Pension Plans, 1952-59; vice-president and
secretary, 1960-70; president, 1970-97; senior vice president, 1997-2004.
General counsel, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators
and Asbestos Workers, 1954-63. Member, Joint Commission to Study
Passenger Carrier Facilities in the Washington Metropolitan Area, 1955-66
resulting in two interstate compacts; Chair, 1960-66. Member, Washington
Metropolitan Council of Governments; chair, 1962, 1963. Adjunct professor,
Georgetown University Law School, 1960-67. U.S. House of Representatives,
1963-67; member, Education and Labor Committee. Delegate to Democratic
National Conventions, 1964 and 1968. Member, board of directors,
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1965-67 and 1969-74;
president and chairman of the board, 1974; board of directors, 1983.
Member, Maryland Cuban Refugee Resettlement Committee, 1963-1966. Delegate
to 1967 Constitutional Convention of Maryland. Member, board of directors,
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 1967-73; chair, 1971;
Alternate director, 1975-78, 1981-2004. Commissioner, Washington
Suburban Transit Commission, 1967-73; reappointed 1975-79; 1981-c. 1992;
chair, 1967, 1977 and 1992. Member, Former Members of Congress, 1970-2004;
board of directors, 1965-67, 1969-74 and 1983; president and chairman of
the board, 1974. Member, board of directors, Association of Private
Pension and Welfare Plans, Inc., 1969-79; president, 1975-77. Commissioner,
Maryland State Planning Commission, 1969-80. Chair, Council of Governments
Advisory Committee on Health Information Systems, 1973-76. Member,
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Task Force on Section
1310 of the Health Maintenance Organization Act, 1974. Member, board
of directors, Prince George's General Hospital and Medical Center, 1974-76.
Chair, Administrators Advisory Committee, National Coordinating Committee
for Multi-employer Plans, 1976-2004. Member, Advisory Committee,
Bureau of National Affairs Pension Reporter, 1976-84. Chair, Governor's
Commission to Study the Maryland Public Service Commission, 1977-80.
Partner, Goldberg, Thompson, Pasternak & Sickles, 1979-86. Board
member, Strathmore Foundation Art Center, Montgomery County, 1980-2004;
treasurer, 1989-date unknown. Professional Neutral Trustee, United
Mine Workers Combined Health Fund, 1993-date unknown. Member, Maryland
State Planning Commission; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority;
Maryland and District of Columbia Bar Associations; Knights of Columbus,
Lions.
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