Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Dennis F. Rasmussen
MSA SC 3520-2740

Biography:

Born in Essex, Maryland, June 14, 1947.  Attended Essex Community College; Loyola College, B.S., 1970.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 7 (D), Baltimore County, 1975-78.  Senate, Districts 6 & 7 (D), Baltimore County, 1978-86.  Member, Executive Nominations and Rules Committees.  Chair, Finance Committee.  Member, Legislative Policy Committee, Joint Budget and Audit Committee, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, and Spending Affordability Committee; Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Joint Oversight Committee; Fiscal Review Committee; Maryland Legislative Information System Steering Committee.  Senate chair, Special Joint Committee on Pensions.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Businessman and banker.  County executive, Baltimore County, 1986-90.  Maryland delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1988.  Principal, Maryland Public Affairs Associates.  Chair, Governor's Task Force to Study Arthritis; Commission on Mobile Homes.  Member, Task Force on Senior Citizen Activity Centers.  Board of directors, Arthritis Foundation, Maryland Chapter.  Board of trustees, Franklin Square Hospital.  Member, Essex-Middle River Chamber of Commerce; Bird River Democratic and Civic Club; Essex Improvement Association; Blue Ridge/Walnut Hills Improvement Association; Deep Creek Democratic and Civic Club; Essex-Middle River Heritage Society; Governor's Employment & Training Council; Chesapeake Bay Trust; Governor's Advisory Board for Justice Assistance.  Chair, Regional Planning Council; Commission on the Family, 1987-92.

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