Patricia R. Sher (1931-2001)
MSA SC 3520-12336
Biography:
Born in Washington, D.C., June 19, 1931. Attended Greenbelt High School; Montgomery Community College; University of Maryland, College of human ecology, B.S., 1983. Married; four children. Died at Holy Cross Hospital on June 30, 2001 of respiratory failure due to chronic pulmonary disease.
General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, Legislative District 18 (D), Montgomery
County, 1979-90. Deputy majority whip, 1987-89. Deputy majority
leader, 1989-90. Member, Interdepartmental Committee on Mandated
Health Insurance Benefits; Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse,
Economic Matters Committee. Senate, Legislative District 18 (D),
Montgomery County, 1991-95. Member, Finance Committee; Joint Committee
on Health Care Delivery and Financing; Special Joint Committee on the Medical
Assistance Program; Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing; Special
Joint Committee on Legislative Data Systems; Special Joint Committee on
Pensions; Special Joint Committee on Legislative Data Systems.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
President, New Hampshire Estates Civic Association, 1962. Democratic
precinct chair, 1966-78 and 1996-99. Founder and member, Friends
of RAP (Regional Addiction Prevention), 1971. Member, Advisory Council
on Drug Abuse, 1972-78. Member, Committee to Repeal Blue Laws, 1976.
Chair, National Legislative Task Force on Fire Gas Toxicity, 1983-85.
Vice-chair, Task Force to Study Deaths Resulting from Building Fires, 1985-88.
Hornbook Award, Montgomery County Education Association, 1984. Legislator
of the Year Award, Maryland Psychological Association, 1984. Untiring
Effort Award in Promoting Legislation of Cancer Presumption, Maryland State
and District of Columbia Professional Fire Fighters, 1987. Betty
Tyler Public Affairs Award, Planned Parenthood of Maryland, 1988, 1992.
Distinguished Service Award, Maryland State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration,
1988. Ann London Scott Memorial Award, Maryland NOW, 1989.
Outstanding Leadership, Service and Legislative Achievement Award, Maryland
Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, 1989. Award for Promoting
Legislation on Behalf of Professional Fire Fighters, Maryland State and
District of Columbia Professional Fire Fighters, 1989. President's
Recognition Award, Maryland Society/American Institute of Architects, 1991.
Maryland Senate Legislative Award of the Year, Fraternal Order of Police,
1991. Child Advocacy Award for Outstanding Service on Behalf of Children,
Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1992. Outstanding
Service Award on Behalf of Maryland Families, The Middle Atlantic Division
of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 1992.
Interdepartmental Committee on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits; State
Employees' Health Insurance Advisory Council, 1992-; State Council on Cancer
Control, 1993-; Maryland Tourism Development Board, 1993-. Excellence
in Social Work Legislation, Maryland Social Workers Coalition, 1993.
Award for Promoting Legislation on Behalf of Professional Fire Fighters,
1993. "Senator of the Year," Maryland Association of Psychiatric
Support Services, 1993. Distinguished Service Awards for Dedication
to Ending Health Insurance Discrimination for Maryland Citizens with Mental
Illness by Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Maryland, and by Mental Health
Association of Maryland, 1993. Certificate of Outstanding Leadership
as a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
of Maryland, 1994. Outstanding Legislative Achievement, Montgomery
County Medical Society, 1994. Democratic Precinct Coordinator, 1999-2000.
Member, State Roads Commission of Maryland, 1995-2003.
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