R. Charles Avara (1932-2004)
MSA SC 3520-13213
Biography:
Born Rosario Charles Avara, January 11, 1932, in Baltimore, Maryland. Attended Baltimore public schools; honorary Ph.D. in public service, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1993. Married Hazel Jones; two children. Died October 19, 2004, in Catonsville, Maryland.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Baltimore City, 1967-94. Chair, Joint Capital
Budget Committee, 1971-76. Member, Appropriations Committee,
1973-93;
Vice-chair, 1976-86. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative,
Executive
and Legislative Review, 1983-86. House Chair, Spending
Affordability
Committee, 1987-92. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1993;
Commerce
and Government Matters Committee, 1994; Joint Expenditure Study Group
on
Law Enforcement and Transportation.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Navy 1953-56. Chair, Special Committee in School
Pupil Transportation; Committee to Set Minimum Standards for Police
Departments.
Member, Special High Impact Courts Committee; Baltimore City Mayor's
Coordinating
Council on Criminal Justice. Member, Governor's Committee to
Promote
Employment of the Handicapped, 1971-76; Governor's Commission Law
Enforcement
and the Administration of Justice, 1971-80; Commission to Study the
Operation
of Security Guards and Special Police, 1972-79; Program Open Space
Allocation
Committee, 1972-, Commission to Study the Residential Needs of the
Retarded,
1976-77, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 1987-; Maryland 1992 Commission,
1989-92; Advisory Council to Maryland Film Commission, 1989-.
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