448'/Maryland Manual

WILLIAM MacKENZIE CAVE. Sixth Judicial Circuit,
1978—. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February
4, 1934. Attended Montgomery County public schools;
University of Maryland, B.A., 1958; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1961; J.D., 1969.
Served in the U.S. Army. Member, Maryland State Bar
Association. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961. As-
sistant state's attorney, Montgomery County, 1967-
1971; deputy state's attorney, Montgomery County,
1971; judge, Maryland District Court, Montgomery
County, 1971-1978. Married; 2 children.

JAMES C. CAWOOD, JR. Fifth Judicial Circuit,
1982—. Born in Washington, D.C., June 4, 1936.
Attended St. Anselm's Priory High School; Georgetown
University, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1958; Georgetown
University Law School, LL.B., 1961. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1961. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, 1959-1961. Member, American, Maryland
State, District of Columbia, Anne Arundel County, and
Prince George's County Bar Associations. Member,
Power Plant Siting Program, 1971-1982 (chairman,
1978-1982). Vice-president, Regional Parish Council of
the Roman Catholic Church. Married; 7 children.

HOWARD S. CHASANOW. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1977—. Bom in Washington, D.C., April 3, 1937. At-
tended the University of Maryland, B.A., 1958; Univer-
sity of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961; Harvard
Law School, LL.M., 1962. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1961. Served in the U.S. Air Force. Member,
Maryland State Bar Association; director, Prince
George's County Bar Association; chairman, Maryland
State Bar Association Judicial Administration Section;
chairman, Prince George's County Bar Association Pro-
fessional Ethics Committee, 1973-1978; chairman. Judi-
cial Conference Criminal Law Committee, 1976-1979;
former chairman, Maryland State Bar Association
Criminal Law Section. Former assistant and deputy
state's attorney for Prince George's County, 1963-1969;
judge, District Court of Maryland, 1971-1977; lecturer,
University of Maryland School of Law, 1973—; faculty
member, National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada,
1980—. Divorced, 1 child.

FRANK E. CICONE. Third Judicial Circuit, 1974—;
Circuit Administrative Judge. Born in Italy, May 26,
1920. Attended Pennsylvania public schools; George-
town University, B.S., 1948; University of Baltimore
Law School, LL.B., 1956. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1958. Served in the U.S. Army. Member, American
Justinian Society; Associated Italian-American Chari-
ties. Married; 3 children.

GUY J. CICONE. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1976—. Bom
in Weirton, West Virginia, September 20, 1918.
Attended Baltimore City College; University of Mary-
land; Loyola College, B.S., 1957; University of Mary-
land, LL.B., 1952. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1952. Served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Assistant city

Circuit Court Biographies

solicitor, Baltimore City, 1958-1959; assistant attorney
general for Maryland, 1962-1976; master examiner, Cir-
cuit Court for Howard County, 1971-1976. Member,
Second District Democratic Club; Order of the Sons of
Italy, Howard County; Fort Meade Golf Club. Mar-
ried; no children.

HARRY E. CLARK. Second Judicial Circuit, 1966—.
Born in Easton, July 8, 1914. Graduate of Staunton
Military Academy; University of Virginia, B.S., 1936;
University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1938. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1938. Served in the U.S.
Naval Reserve. Member, Maryland State Bar Associa-
tion. State's attorney (or Talbot County, 1947-1955;
standing examiner in chancery, Circuit Court for Talbot
County, 1940-1966. Chairman, Talbot County Board
of Zoning Appeals, 1959-1966. Charter president, Eas-
ton Lions Club. Former member of the Board of Direc-
tors and Executive Committee, Memorial Hospital, Eas-
ton; a founder and current vice-president, Bethany
House, Inc. (a group home for troubled children). Mar-
ried; 2 children.

RICHARD JOHN CLARK. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Bom in Washington, D.C., June 20, 1942.
Attended Gonzaga College High School, Washington,
D.C.; Catholic University of America; University of
Maryland, B.A., 1965; University of Maryland School
of Law, LL.B., 1969. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1969. Juvenile master for Charles County; public de-
fender, District 4; associate judge, District Court of
Maryland, 1976-1980. Member, Knights of Columbus.
Married; 2 children.

ALBERT P. CLOSE. Third Judicial Circuit, 1967—.
Bom in Bel Air, February 21, 1918. Attended St. James
School, Hagerstown; St. John's College, B.A., 1938;
University of Maryland, LL.B., 1942. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1946. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Member, American, Maryland State, and Harford
County Bar Associations. Trial Magistrate and judge of
the Peoples Court, Harford County. Member, Susque-
hanna Law Club. Married; 8 children.

DONALDSON CRAIG COLE, JR. Second Judicial
Circuit, 1980—. Bom in Perryville, September 4, 1934.
Dickinson College, B.A., 1956; University of Maryland
School of Law, J.D., 1961; City of London College,
London, England, course in international law. Admit-
ted to the Maryland bar, 1961. Served in the U.S.
Army, 1956-1958. Member, Maryland State Bar Asso-
ciation; Cecil County Bar Association (past president);
Maryland State's Attorneys Association (past vice-presi-
dent); National District Attorneys Association. State's
Attorney for Cecil County, 1967-1980. Married; 2 chil-
dren.

JOHN PRINTZ CORDERMAN. Fourth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1977—. Born in Hagerstown, May 14, 1942.
Attended Hagerstown public schools; Hagerstown Ju-
nior College; University of Maryland, B.A., 1965; Uni-