Archives of Maryland
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IDAMAE GARROTT
Democrat, District 19.

Idamae Garrott died in Silver Spring Maryland, June 13, 1999.

Member of Senate, 1987-94; Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittees on the Environment and Health; Joint Committees on Federal Relations and Federal-State-Local Relations. Senate Member, Coordination Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders; Early Childhood Development Council; State Advisory Council for Handicapped Individuals.

Member, House of Delegates, 1979-87.

Montgomery County Council, 1966-74, President, 1971, Chair, Planning Committee, 1970-74; Board Member, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 1972-74; Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 1971-74, Chair, 1972; Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, President, 1974, Chair, Land Use Committee, 1969-74; Chair, Solid Waste Management Agency of Metropolitan Washington, 1969-74. Past President, Montgomery County League of Women Voters and Montgomery County Humane Society, Honorary Member, Wheaton Rescue Squad, Board Member, 1982-84; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Western Maryland College; John Dewey Award, 1982; Humanitarian Award, Montgomery County Education Association, 1985. Maryland NARFE Federation Award, 1988. Author, Paying Our Way, Maryland State Taxes and You.

Born in Washington, D.C., December 24, 1916. Hyattsville High School; Western Maryland College, A.B., 1936.  Died June 13, 1999.

Source: 1994-95 Maryland Manual (Annapolis, Hall of Records Commission, 1994), 60.

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