Larry Young
MSA SC 3520-12159
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 25, 1949. Attended Baltimore public schools; University of Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative Districts 38 & 39 (D), Baltimore
City, 1975-88. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1975-83;
chair, 1983-87. Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee,
1983-87; Joint Committee on Health Care Cost Containment, 1985-87.
House chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative
Review, 1987-88. Chair, Baltimore City delegation, 1987-88.
Senate, Legislative District 39 (D), Baltimore City, 1988-98. Member,
Judicial Proceedings Committee, 1988-90; Special Joint Committee on Energy
Pricing, 1990-91; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative
Review, 1990-98; Finance Committee, 1991-98 (chair, Health Subcommittee);
Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1993-98; Joint Oversight
Committee on State Employees Health Insurance, 1994; Joint Audit Committee
(formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1995-98. Chair, Executive
Nominations Committee, 1995-98. Member, Joint Legislative Task Force
on Organ and Tissue Donations, 1997. Suspended from the Senate on
January 16, 1998 (Senate Resolution no. 2, Acts of 1998).
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Chief executive officer, small consulting firm. Member, Maryland
Committee for Children and Youth, 1969-72. Board chair, Citizens
Democratic Action Organization, 1976-; NAACP. Columnist, Baltimore Times;
Afro-American. Honor Roll Award, Afro-American, 1971.
Annual Award, NAEE, 1976. Statesman Award, Baltimore Baptist Ministers'
Conference, 1977. Public Service Award, MPIRG, 1978. President,
Center for Urban Environmental Studies, Inc., 1978-83. Chair, Health
Committee, National Black Caucus of State Legislators Secretariat, 1979-90.
Member, Governor's Task Force on Hazardous Waste Initiatives, 1984.
Chair, Governor's Commission on Black and Minority Health, 1986-88.
Weekly radio host, "Senator's Talk," heard on WOLB (1010 AM). Founder
and board chair, National Black Health Study Group, 1990-. Member,
State Council on Cancer Control, 1991-93. Co-chair, Revival Crusade,
1992. Member, State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital
Disorders, 1992-98; Governor's Task Force on Community Health Networks,
1994-95; State Commission on Neighborhoods, 1994-96; Task Force to Study
Patient and Provider Appeal and Grievance Mechanisms, 1996; Governor's
Task Force on African-American Entrepreneurship in Baltimore City, 1996;
Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee, 1996-98. Delegate, Democratic
Party National Convention, 1996. Chair, Maryland Legislative Black
Caucus, 1996-98. Co-chair, Governor's Commission on Summer Youth
Employment, 1996. Member, Task Force to Study Retail Electric Competition
and the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry, 1997-98.
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