Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

H. Erle Schafer
MSA SC 3520-2741

Biography:

Born in Baltimore, February 2, 1938.  Attended Baltimore City public schools; University of Baltimore; University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., J.D., 1963; Mount Vernon School of Law.

General Assembly:
Member of Senate, District 32 (Anne Arundel County), 1979-82. Democrat.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. Anne Arundel County Council, 1970-74; Anne Arundel County Urban Renewal Administrator, 1975-78; Former Co-Chair, Governor's Commission on Hiring the Handicapped.  Member, North County Businessman's Association; Chamber of Commerce; Past President, Richard Henry Lee P.T.A.; Optimist Club; AF & AM; Elks; Past Chair, Cancer Fund Drive, 1977.  Member, Board of Directors, American Lung Association; Anne Arundel General Hospital.  Voted Outstanding Young Man of the Year, 1970-71.  Instrumental in establishing the Open Door Drug Rehabilitation Program in Glen Burnie; Assisted in establishing the Anne Arundel Community College Glen Burnie Center.  Clerk of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 1986-1990.  Member, Society of Senates Past.

Source: 1981-82 Maryland Manual (Annapolis, Hall of Records Commission, 1981), 62.

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