Society of Senates Past
Roster

JULIAN L. LAPIDES
Democrat, District 44.

Born in Baltimore, September 17, 1931.  Attended Baltimore public schools; The Johns Hopkins University; Towson State College, B.S., 1954; University of Maryland Law School, LL.B., 1961.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965.  The Johns Hopkins University, M.A. expected 2000.

General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1963-67.  Member of Senate, 1967-94.  Senate Chair, Joint Budget and Audit Committee; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics.  Member, Budget and Taxation Committee; Public Safety, Transportation, Economic Development & Natural Resources Subcommittee; Capital Budget Subcommittee; Pensions Subcommittee.  Member, Legislative Policy Committee; Special Joint Committee on Pensions; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation; Joint Subcommittee on State's Capital Program; Joint Expenditure Study Group on Law Enforcement and Transportation.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in the U.S. Army, 1954-56.  Member, Maryland Housing Policy Commission; State Planning Commission; Hall of Records Commission; Museum Assistance Review Panel; Maryland State Arts Council.  President, Mount Royal Democratic Club.  Council member, American Antiquarian Society.  Member, Peale Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art; Walters Art Gallery; Victorian Society in America.  Life member, NAACP.  Board Member, Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum.  Past President, Maryland Kidney Foundation; Regional Vice-President, National Kidney Foundation, 1970-72.  Member, Board of Directors, Lyric Foundation, Inc.; Common Cause of Maryland; Baltimore Shakespeare Festival.  Council, American Antiquarian Society.  President, Preservation Society of Federal Hill and Fell's Point, 2000-.  First Citizen Award, 1997.

Personal Comments and Observations:
    "My memory of one of the most controversial issues I dealt with was the introduction of Maryland's first financial disclosure law.  The bill was passed in the last hour and led to a controversial Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly just to deal with that particular issue.  Another memory is my filibuster against the Maryland Race Track legislation on the closing night of the 1972? 1973? session which would lead to the indictment and conviction of Governor Marvin Mandel."

Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and from materials submitted by Senator Lapides dated February 17, 2000.