C. Richard D'Amato
MSA SC 3520-2771
Biography:
Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, September 28, 1942. Attended Cornell University, B.A., cum laude, government, 1964; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University and Tufts University, M.A., M.A.L.D., law and diplomacy, 1967; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1980. Married.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 30 (D), Anne Arundel County,
1999-2003. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003; Education
and Economic Development Subcommittee, 1999-2003; Oversight Committee on
Pensions, 1999-2003; Oversight Committee on Personnel, 1999-2003. Joint
Committee on Federal Relations, 2002-2003.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2001-; Task Force to Study Lighting Efficiency
and Light Pollution in Maryland, 2001-02; Advisory Committee on the Management
and Protection of the
State's Water Resources, 2002-. Captain, U.S. Navy Reserve; served
in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm. Assistant professor of government,
U.S. Naval Academy, 1968-71. Serving Officer, U.S.S. King, 1971-73.
Legislative director, U.S. Representative James Jeffords of Vermont, 1975-78.
Legislative assistant and chief of staff, U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff
of Connecticut, 1978-80. Staff director and counsel to U.S. Senate
Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, 1980-87. Chief democratic
counsel, U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, 1988-98. Chair, Taste
of the Nation, Annapolis Share Our Strength, 1996-. Adjunct assistant
professor of political science, U.S. Naval Academy, 1998-. Member,
Maryland State, District of Columbia and Colorado Bar Associations.
Member, Eastport Civic Association; Severn River Association; Chesapeake
Bay Foundation; South County Democratic Club.
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