Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Walter S. Orlinsky
MSA SC 3520-13355

Biography:

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 19, 1938.  Attended Brooklyn, New York, parochial and public schools; The Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1960; University of Maryland Law School, LL.B., 1964.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1966.  Married.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 2 (D), Baltimore City, 1967-71.  Chair, Metropolitan Affairs Committee, 1967-69; Economic Affairs Committee, 1969-70; Joint Committee on Organization and Procedure, 1969-70.  Resigned, November 22, 1971.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
President, Baltimore City Council, 1973-82.  Founder, New Democratic Club.  Member, Maryland Commission on the Functions of Government; Young Democratic Clubs of Maryland; American and Junior Bar Associations; Academy of Political Science; Baltimore Museum of Art.  Chairman of the board, Baltimore Tutorial Project.  Member, Civil Liberties Union; National Trust for Historic Preservation; The Wilderness Society; Phi Alpha Delta; The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association; University of Maryland Alumni Association.  Treasurer, Baltimore Association for Histadrut.  National Board member, Habonim; Committee for Labor, Israel.

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