Wheeler R. Baker
MSA SC 3520-12181
Biography:
Born in Easton, Maryland, November 26, 1946. Attended Centreville High School. Married; three children.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 36 (D), Cecil, Kent, Queen
Anne's, Talbot Counties, 1995-2003. Member, Appropriations Committee,
1995-2003 (oversight committee on program open space & agricultural
land preservation, 1995-2003; capital budget subcommittee, 1997-2003; oversight
committee on pensions, 2002-2003; vice-chair, public safety & administration
subcommittee, 1997-2003; chair, oversight committee on personnel, 1999-2003);
Member, Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1995-2003; Joint
Committee on Pensions, 1996-2003; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space
and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995-98, 1999; Task Force to Study
the State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities, 2002-2003. Chair, Queen
Anne's County Delegation, 1995-2003.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Air Force, 1964-68. Businessman. Member,
Queen Anne's County Democratic Central Committee, 1974-78. Member,
Board of County Commissioners, Queen Anne's County, 1986-90. Member,
Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1995-2001; Commission to Study Ways to Improve the
Financial Viability of the Racing Industry, 1997-99; Statewide 800-MHz
Communications System Oversight Committee, 1999; Governor's Task Force
on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001; Kent Narrows Development
Foundation. Task
Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation,
2000-01; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-; Tri-County Council for the
Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland,
2001-. Man of the Year, Jaycees, 1980. Inducted into American
Powerboat Association, 1987.
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