Delegates/107

HOUSE OF DELEGATES BIOGRAPHIES

SPEAKER Of THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
R. CLAYTON MITCHELL, JR.

Democrat, District 36. Born m Chestertown, Maryland, April 16, 1936.
Attended Kent County public schools, Goldey Beacorn College. Served in U.S.
Army. County Commissioner of Kent County, 1966-70. Member, Task Force
on Flexibility for Higher Education, Governor's Comprehensive Health Com-
mittee; Commission on Compensation and Personnel Policy. Member,
Southern Legislative Conference of State Governments (chairman, health and
environmental subcommittee); Program Open Space Allocation Committee;

Delmarva Advisory Council; Special Joint Committee to Study Driver Educa-
tion Program; Vocational and Technical Education Committee; Capital
Projects Subcommittee; Joint Subcommittee on Pensions. Board of Directors,
Second National Bank of Maryland. Member, Board of Visitors and Governors
of Washington College, Chestertown. Married; three children. Member of the
House of Delegates since 1971. Speaker of the House of Delegates since 1987.
Co-Chairman, Legislative Policy Committee. Chairman, Eastern Shore Delega-
tion, 1974-83. Chairman, Kent County Delegation. Chairman, Appropriations
Committee, 1983-87 (past chairman, subcommittees on education and human
resources, and health and the environment). Former Vice-Chairman, Spending
AfFordability Committee. Former member. Joint Budget and Audit Commit-
tee; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. District office" Kentmore
Park, Kennedyville 21645; tel. 348-5500. Annapolis office: 101 State House,
Annapolis 21401-1991; tel. 841-3800.

LEON ALBIN, Democrat, District 11. Born in Baltimore,Maryland, December 24,1925.
Baltimore City College; University of Baltimore, B.S. (marketing), 1951. U.S. Navy,
1944-45. Retired sporting goods store owner. Member, Democratic State Central Com-
mittee, 1974-78. Chairman, Baltimore County Advisory Committee on Small Business,
1976-77. Member, Baltimore County Board of Liquor License Commissioners, 1983-87.
Member, Pikesville Community Growth Corp.; Liberty Road Task Force. Member, Board
of Directors, Maryland Committee for Israel Bonds; Jewish National Fund; Savc-a-Heart.
Member, Baltimore District Zionist Organization (president, 2 years). Member, Jewish
War Veterans. Founding member, Ner Tamid Greenspnng Synagogue (chairman, board
of directors, 2 years); member, Talmudical Academy (chairman, building fund, 2 years;

chairman, Talmudical Academy dinner, 20 years). Married; four children; two
grandchildren. Member of the House of Delegates since 1987. Member, EconomicMatters
Committee, 1991—. Former member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Commit-
tee. Member, Special House Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. District office: 6512
Edenvale Rd., Baltimore 21209; tel. 486-1365. Annapolis office: 310 Lowe House Office
BIdg., 21401-1991; tel. 841-3342.

GARY R. ALEXANDER, Democrat, District 27. Born in Washington, DC, November
16,1942. Univ. of Virginia, B.A., 1964, George Washington Univ. Law School, LL.B.,
1967. Lawyer. American Bar Assoc. (chair, special committee on automobile insurance
legislation, 1978-81); Md. State Bar Assoc. (chair, federal law subcommittee, 1974-79);

Virginia &DC Bar Associations. People's Counsel, Public Service Commission, 1974-77.
Chairman, Prince George's Co. Drug Advisory Comm., 1977; Alternate Fuels Task Force,
1979. Prince George's Co. Salary Review Bd., 1974; Charter Review Commission, 1976;

Federal Energy Admin. State Advisory Panel Executive Comm., 1976-78; citizen rep.,
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Public Advisory Comm., 1982. Prince
George's Co. Democratic Central Comm., 1978-86 (chair, 1981-86). Governor's Citation
for Public Service, 1974,1978. Outstanding Young Man, Crescent Cities Jaycees. Married;

two children. Member, House of Delegates since 1983. Vice-Chairman, Economic
Matters Committee, 1991— (member, 1988—). House Chair, Special Joint Committee
on Energy Pricing, 1990—. Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive &
Legislative Review. House representative. Council of Governments Growth & Transpor-
tation Task Force, 1990—. Appropriations Committee, 1983-88. House Chairman, Joint
Committee on Management of Pubhc Funds, 1984-88. Chair, Bi-County Committee,
1986-90. District office: 11414 Livingston Rd., Fort Washington 20744; tel. 292-3300.
Annapolis office: 206 Lowe House Office BIdg , 21401-1991; tel. 858-3519.