Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of
the Criminal Law, 1975-83 (chair, 1978-83); Speedy Trial
Planning Group for Maryland. Member, Maryland Club;
Elkridge Club; Lawyers' Round Table; The Wranglers.
Office telephone: (410) 962-4655.

JOSEPH C. HOWARD. Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court for the District of Maryland, since 1991 (Associate
Judge, 1979-91). Associate Judge, Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City, 1968-79. Born in Des Moines, Iowa,
December 9, 1922. Served in U.S. Army, 1944-47, achieving
rank of 1st Lieutenant. University of Iowa, B.A., 1950;
Drake University Law School, LL.B., 1955, M.A., 1957.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1959. Member, American,
National and Monumental City Bar Associations; Judicial
Council; World Association of Judges. Assistant State's
Attorney, Baltimore City, 1964-68 (chief, trial section,
1966-67). Assistant City Solicitor, Baltimore City, 1968.
Advisory Board, University of Baltimore School of Law,
1982—. Board of Visitors, University of Maryland School of
Law, 1985—. National Commission on the Future of Drake
University, 1987. Board of Trustees, Drake University,
1989—. Honorary law degree, Morgan State College, 1972.
First African American in U.S. admitted to Phi Alpha Delta
National Legal Fraternity Author, "Administration of Rape
Cases in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland"
(1968); "Why We Organize," Journal of Public Law (1971);
"Employment Practices in the Administration of Justice
Under the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City," (1975);
"Radal Discrimination in Sentencing," Judicature (1975).
Kappa Alpha Psi Achievement Award, 1973; Man of the Year
Award, National Association of Negro Business and
Professional Women's Clubs, 1979; Baltimore City Council
resolution in recognition of accomplishments, 1979; the
Lawyers' Wives Award, 1980; Outstanding Alumni Award,
Drake University, 1988; Drake Alumni of the Year Award,
Black Law Students Association, 1988; Certificate of
Appreciation, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 1988;
Baltimore's Black Living Legends, Junior Black Academy of
Arts and Letters, 1989. Office telephone: (410) 962-7724.

FRANK A. KAUFMAN. Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court for the District of Maryland, since 1986 (Chief Judge,
1981-86; Associate Judge, 1966-81). Bom in Baltimore,
Maryland, March 4, 1916. Dartmouth College, A.B., 1937;
Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1940. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1940. Member, Federal, Maryland State and
Baltimore City Bar Associations. Member, American Bar
Association (board of governors, 1982-85; chair, judicial
administration division, 1990-91). Former partner, Frank,
Bernstein, Conaway and Goldman. Member, Judicial
Conference of the United States, 1985-91 (security
committee, 1987-91). Board of Directors, American
Judicature Society, 1985—. Past lecturer (administrative
law). University of Baltimore School of Law, and (contracts),
University of Maryland School of Law. Author, "The
Maryland Ground Rent System," Maryland Law Review
(1940). Office telephone: (410) 962-4360.

HERBERT F. MURRAY. Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court for the District of Maryland, since 1988 (Associate
Judge, 1971-88). Born in Waltham, Massachusetts,
December 29,1923. Served in U.S. Air Force as navigator,
1943-45, achieving rank of captain (Mediterranean
Theater Ribbon with four stars; Air Medal with three oak
leaf clusters; Distinguished Flying Cross). Yale University,
B.A., 1947; Harvard University Law School; University
of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1951. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1951. Law clerk to Judge W. Calvin
Chesnut, U.S. District Court for District of Maryland,

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1951-52. Member, American, Maryland State and
Baltimore City Bar Associations; honorary member,
Federal Bar Association; permanent member, Fourth
Circuit Judicial Conference. Assistant U.S. Attorney for
District of Maryland, 1954-56. Associate, then partner,
Smith, Somerville and Case, 1956-71. Member, Baltimore
Museum of Art; Walters Art Gallery; Maryland Historical
Society; Yale University and University of Maryland
Alumni Associations. Member, Wednesday Law Club.
Office telephone: (410) 962-2505.

EDWARD S. NORTHROP. Senior Judge, U.S. District
Court for the District of Maryland, since 1981 (Chief Judge,
1970-81; Associate Judge, 1961-70). Born in Chevy Chase,
Maryland, June 12, 1911. George Washington University Law
School, LL.B., 1937. Private practice of law in Chevy Chase
until 1941. Served in U.S. Navy, 1941-45, in all theatres,
achieving rank of commander (decorated by both Army and
Navy). Later associated with Lambert, Hart, and Northrop.
Member, Maryland Senate, 1955-61; majority leader (first
chair, committee on taxation and fiscal affairs; chair, finance
committee). Organizer of Council of Governments in
metropolitan area of Washington, DC, and instrumental in
establishing areawide mass transit commission. Member,
Committee on Administration of the Probation System,
Judicial Conference of the United States; U.S. District Court
Metropolitan Chief Judges' Conference (past member, steering
committee); Advisory Corrections Council of the U.S.,
1977—; Judicial Rmel on Multidistrict Litigation, 1979—;
State-Federal Judicial Council of Maryland (chair, 1973-74);
U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Distinguished Service Award, George Washington University
Law School, 1975; Distinguished Citizen Award, State of
Maryland, 1981; Service Award, Federal Bar Association;
Special Merit Citation in recognition of outstanding service for
improvement of the administration of justice, American
Judicature Society, 1982; Distinguished Service Award,
Maryland State Bar Association, Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, Maryland Senate. Office telephone: (410)
962-4674.

JOSEPH H. YOUNG. Senior Judge, U.S. District Court
for the District of Maryland, since 1987 (Associate Judge,
1971-87). Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, July 18,1922.
Served in U.S. Army Infantry, 1942-46 (Bronze Star,
Purple Heart). Dartmouth College, A.B., 1948;
University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1951.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1951. Member, Federal,
American, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar
Associations; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Formerly
associated with Marbury, Miller, and Evans; Piper and
Marbury (partner, 1958-71). Instructor, The Johns
Hopkins University; McCoy College, 1954-62. Board of
Directors, Legal Aid Society, 1958-71; CICHA (Health
Appeal), 1964-71. Board of Directors, Maryland Division,
American Cancer Society, 1958— (chair, 1969-71).
Director, American Cancer Society, New York, 1968—.
Chairman, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society,
1978-81. Member, Oncology Advisory Council, The Johns
Hopkins University; Executive Committee, International
Union Against Cancer, 1981—. Member, Dartmouth
College Alumni Council; Rule Day Club; Lawyers Round
Table; 14 Hamilton Street Club; honorary member,
National Lawyers Club of Washington. Annual Layman's
Award, Society of Surgical Oncology, 1982; Distinguished
Service Award, American Cancer Society, 1983; Alumni
Award, Dartmouth College, 1983. Office telephone:
(410) 962-2457.