Society of Senates Past
Roster

RAYMOND E. BECK, SR.
County Administrative Judge, Carroll County Circuit Court.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 5, 1939.  Attended Baltimore City and Baltimore County public schools.  University of Baltimore, A.A., 1964; University of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1967.  Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1967.  Honorary Doctor of Law, Western Maryland College, 1988.

General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1972-82 (Republican).  Minority Whip, 1974-78.  Minority Leader, 1978-83.  Member, Ways and Means Committee.
Member of Senate, 1983-89 (Republican).  Budget & Taxation Committee, 1983-89; Joint Budget & Audit Committee; Spending Affordability Committee; Special Joint Committee on Pensions; Joint Committee on State Government Revision; Special Joint Oversight Committee on Juvenile Services Initiative.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1956-59.  Colonel, Maryland Army National Guard.  Judge Advocate Generals School (basic & advanced courses), 1986, 1988.  U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1988.  Retired MDARNG as brigadier general (MD), March 5, 1999.  Member, Joint Legislative and Executive Committee on Pensions, 1983; Task Force on the Administration of Human Services, 1985; Task Force to Examine the School Construction Program, 1985; Task Force to Study Alternative College Financing Methods, 1987.  County Administrative Judge, Carroll County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, since 1991; Associate Judge, 1989-91.  Member, Civil Law and Procedure Committee, and Legislative Subcommittee, Maryland Judicial Conference.  Member, American, Maryland State and Carroll County Bar Associations.

Compiled March 16, 2000  from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and from materials submitted by Senator Beck dated August 5, 1999.