Mary Ann Love (1940-2022)
MSA SC 3520-12262
Biography:
Born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1940. Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Loftus. Attended St. John's Evangelist High School, 1958; Wilkes-Barre Business School, 1959. Married Josef Love; two children. Died January 27, 2022.
General Assembly:
Member of House of Delegates, District 32, Anne Arundel County,
June 25, 1993-January 14, 2015. Democrat. Member, Economic Matters
Committee, 1993-2015 (real property subcommittee, 1995-98; alcoholic
beverages subcommittee, 1995-2015, chair, 1995-2010; unemployment
insurance subcommittee, 1997-98; deathcare industry work group,
1997-2010; real estate & housing subcommittee, 1999-2002; science
& technology subcommittee, 1999-2002; banking, economic
development, science & technology subcommittee, 2003-06; property
& casualty insurance subcommittee, 2003-15; consumer protection
& commercial law work group, 2007-10; workers' compensation
subcommittee, 2007-15); Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics,
1999-2015; House Facilities Committee, 2005-15. House Chair, Task Force
to Study State Assistance to Veterans, 2007-15; Protocol Committee,
2011-15. Deputy Majority Whip, 1995-2002. Member, Joint Technology
Oversight Committee, 2000-03; Joint Committee on the Selection of the
State Treasurer, 2003, 2007; Joint Committee on Base Realignment and
Closure, 2007-11. Chair, Anne Arundel County Delegation, 1999-2010.
President, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2005-06 (member, 1993-2015;
treasurer, 2001-04; president-elect, 2004-05; endorsement committee,
2006). House Vice-Chair, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus,
2003-15. Member, Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-15;
Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-15. Member, National Conference of State
Legislatures (economic development, trade & cultural affairs
committee, 2005-07; labor & economic development committee,
2007-15).
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Legislative aide to Anne Arundel County Councilman, 1974-82.
Member, Design Professionals Task Force, 1995; Maryland Medicaid
Advisory Committee, 1996-2015; Maryland Child-Care Business Partnership,
1998-2000. Presidential Elector, Maryland, 2000. Member, Task Force on
the Environmental Effects of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE),
2000-01; Council on Management and Productivity, 2000-01; Task Force to
Evaluate the Development and Construction of a Magnetic Levitation
Transportation System (MAGLEV) in Maryland between Baltimore and the
District of Columbia, 2002-03; Task Force to Study the Financial Impact
of Retired Military Service Personnel on the Economy of the State,
2003; Task Force on Traffic Capacity Across the Chesapeake Bay,
2005-06. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans,
2007-08. Member, Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in
Military Service Monument, 2007-08, 2009-14; Local Development Council,
Anne Arundel County, 2012-15.
Information and assistance specialist, Department of Aging, Anne Arundel County, 1992-94. Public administrator, consumer service coordinator, Anne Arundel County. Community services specialist, Anne Arundel County, 1982-85. Elected member, Democratic State Central Committee, Anne Arundel County, 1991-94 (chair, 1990-91; at-large member, 1986-90). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Member, Democratic Women of Anne Arundel County; District 32 Democratic Club. Board of Directors, North Arundel Hospital, 2003-; Providence Center; Hospice of the Chesapeake; Partners in Care. Member, Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce; League of Women Voters; Linthicum Women's Club. County Achievement Award, National Association of Counties, 1986-89. Legislator of Year, Anne Arundel County Trade Council, 1996. President's Award for Excellence, Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce, 1997. Honorary member, 115th Maryland Army National Guard, 1999. Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Awards Committee, 2000. Award, Maryland Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2002. Award, Maryland Society of American Institute of Architects, 2002. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2005. Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Founder's Award, House of Delegates, 2009.
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