WILLIAM H. ADKINS III. District Court, District 3,
1984—. Born in North Adams, Mass., November 10,
1947. Attended St. James School, St. James, Md.;
Hartwick College, B.A., 1970; Catholic University
School of Law, J.D., 1973. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1973. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Talbot County Bar Associations. Office of the Public
Defender, State of Maryland 1981. Member, Tred Avon
Yacht Club. Married; 2 children.

FRANCIS M. ARNOLD. District Court, District 10,
1980—; Administrative Judge. Born in Westminster,
June 13, 1929. Attended Westminster High School;
University of Baltimore, 1959-1964; University of
Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1967. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1967. Served in U.S. Marine Corps,
1946-1948, 1950-1951. Member, Carroll County, Mary-
land State, and American Bar Associations. Director of
Employee Relations—American Operations, Black and
Decker Manufacturing Company (employed 1952-1975).
Married; 5 children.

CARL W. BACHARACH. District Court, District 1,
1971—. Born in Baltimore, July 27, 1921. Attended
Baltimore City College; University of Maryland, B.A.,
1942; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1948. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in the
U.S. Army, 1942-1945. Member, Maryland State Bar
Association. Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore City,
1952-1956; judge, People's Court of Baltimore City,
1962-1971. Maryland House of Delegates, 1951-1962.
Law lecturer. Married; 3 children.

WILLIAM S. BALDWIN. District Court, District S,
1978—. Born in Hydes, February 14, 1927. Attended
Towson High School; Johns Hopkins University; Univer-
sity of Baltimore; University of Baltimore Law School,
LL.B., 1954. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954.
Served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Member, Maryland
State and Baltimore County Bar Associations. Past
president, Baltimore County Bar Association. Trial mag-
istrate, Baltimore County, 1958-1964; member,

Baltimore County Board of Appeals, 1964—1965; chair-
man, Baltimore County Board of Appeals, 1965-1970;
commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission,
1971-1978. Married; 2 children.

H. GARY BASS. District Court, District 1, 1983—.
Born in Baltimore, November 7, 1942. Attended
Baltimore City College High School; Loyola College,
B.S., 1964; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.,
1967. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1967. Member,
American, Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar
Associations. Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City,
1970-1982. Deputy State's Attorney, Baltimore City,
1983. President, University of Maryland Law School
Alumni Association, 1982. Married.

STANLEY Y. BENNETT. District Court, District 11,
1971—. Born in Frederick, February 11, 1935. Attended
Frederick County public schools; University of Mary-
land; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1959. Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1960. Served in the Maryland Nation-
al Guard. Member, Frederick County Bar Association;
American Judicature Society; American Judges Associa-
tion; past president, Frederick County Bar Association.
Trial magistrate for Frederick County, 1960-1971. Mem-
ber, Evangelical Lutheran Church; Sons of American
Legion. Married; 2 children.

A. GORDON BOONE, JR.. District Court, District 8,
1982—. Born in Baltimore, August 21, 1933. Attended
Georgetown Preparatory School; University of Mary-
land; University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., 1963,
Served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. Member,
Baltimore County Bar Association; Dissenters Law Club,
Member, B.P.O.E.; Maryland Club; Advisory Board, St.
Joseph Hospital. Three-term member of Democratic
State Central Committee, Baltimore County. Assistant
state's attorney, Baltimore County, 1963-1968: assistant
public defender, 1972-1974; assistant state's attorney,
Baltimore City, 1975-1982. Married.