David Gray Ross (1935-2013)
MSA SC 3520-11694
Biography:
Born in Quanah, Texas, August 9, 1935. Attended McKinley High school, Washington, D.C.; George Washington University; American University, B.S., 1960; J.D., 1964. Married, two children. Died June 4, 2013, in Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative Districts 1 & 24 (D), Prince George's
County, 1971-78.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served twenty-six years in U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve; retired
as colonel, Judge Advocate General's Corps. Assistant corporation
counsel, District of Columbia, 1965-67. Associate county
attorney,
Prince George's County, 1967-68. Master of juvenile causes,
Prince
George's County Circuit Court, 1968-70. Chair, board of trustees,
Prince George's Community College, 1969-70. Associate judge,
Prince
George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, 1978-94.
Appointed
by the President to National Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice,
1980. President Clinton appointed him to lead the Federal Office
of Child Support Enforcement in 1993. Member, President Obama's
Transition Team, 2008. Awarded National Family Court Judge of the
Year in 1989.
Member, Advisory Board of Juvenile Services; Governor's Commission on
Juvenile
Justice; Maryland State, Prince George's County and District of
Columbia
Bar Associations. Commissioner, Federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement.
President, Board of Trustees, Baltimore Annual Conference, United
Methodist
Church.
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