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[photograph of Representative Wynn]

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.
 
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