1,271
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Political Career
* Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1981-91, representing Congressional District 1 (Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico & Worcester counties) (elected 1st president of 1981 Freshman Democrats Class); Armed Services Committee; Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee (chair, subcommittee on panama canal/outer continental shelf, 1989-90).
* Former legislative assistant and research director for U.S. Representative William D. Ford of Michigan. * Former special assistant, Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor, U.S. House of Representatives. * Presidential Elector, Maryland, 1976. * Member, Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 1995-; * Task Force on Affiliation between Historic St. Mary's City Commission and St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1996; * State Water Quality Advisory Committee, 1997-; * Solid Waste Management Task Force, 1998; * Committee on Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System, 1998-99; * Task Force to Study the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland, 1999; * Special Commission on State Parks, 1999-2000; * Task Force to Study the Preservation and Enhancement of Maryland's Heritage Resources, 1999-2001 (enhancement & sustainability committee); * Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2000-01; * Patuxent River Oil Spill Citizens Advisory Committee, 2000-02; * Maryland Environmental Trust, 2001-; * Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2002-05; * Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2003-04 (executive committee; seafood industry work group); * Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources, 2005-.
== Education ==