ALBERT R. WYNN
U.S. Representative (Democrat), 4th Congressional District
(parts of Prince George's & Montgomery counties), Maryland.
Born in Philadelphia, PA, September 10, 1951. Attended public schools; Intern, U.S. State Department, African Regional Affairs, summer 1972, 1973; University of Pittsburgh, B.S. (political science), 1973; Howard Universty graduate school; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1977 (chair, Black American Law Student Association); Howard University, graduate studies (public administration). Married; one child.
General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1983-87. Member, Ways and Means Committee.
Member of Senate, 1987-93. Deputy Majority Whip. Member,
Budget and Taxation Committee; Joint Budget and Audit Committee; Joint
Committee on Federal Relations. 1st Vice-Chair, Maryland Legislative
Black Caucus, 1988.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Attorney. Member, U.S. House of Representatives since 1993.
Deputy Democratic Whip. Member, Commerce Committee, 1997-; Energy
& Power Subcommittee; Telecommunications; Trade & Consumer Protection
Subcommittee. Past member, Banking and Financial Services Committee;
International Relations Committee. Member, The Democratic Message
Group. Member, Maryland State Bar Association since 1979. Past
Executive Director, Prince George's County Consumer Protection Commission,
1977-81. President, Metropolitan Washington Council of Consumer Agencies;
Legal Assistance Program, National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP). Board member, Consumer Credit Counseling Service.
Member, Coalition on Black Affairs (COBA); Ford Motor Company Consumer
Appeals Board; Voter Registration and Education Coalition. Delegate,
Democratic Party National Conventions, 1984, 1988. Member, Governor's
Task Force on Violence and Extremism, 1985-87. Member, Franklin Bourne
Law Club; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Member, Franklin Bourne Law
Club; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Member, Maple Springs Baptist church.
Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of
the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and the Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress online: .http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp.