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1939; Northwestern University Law School, J.D., 1942.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1949. Served in the
400th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; bronze star.
Member, American, Maryland, District of Columbia,
and Montgomery County Bar Associations. Montgom-
ery County Council, 1958-1962. Illinois Law Review
Board of Editors, 1941-1942. Lecturer, U.S. Informa-
tion Agency; board of governors and vice-president, In-
ternational Club of Washington, D.C.; former member,
Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board, State
National Bank of Maryland; former chairman, Mont-
gomery County American Civil Liberties Union. Mar-
ried; 3 children.

JAMES S. GETTY. Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1965—;
Chief Judge and Circuit Administrative Judge. Born in
Lonaconing, March 7, 1921. Attended Allegany County
public schools; Potomac State; University of Maryland,
LL.B., 1946. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1946.
Army Intelligence, 3 years. Member, Maryland State
Bar Association. Assistant state's attorney, Allegany
County, 1953-1958; state's attorney, Allegany County,
1958-1965. Married; 2 children.

DONALD J. GILMORE. Fifth Judicial Circuit,
1977—. Born in New York, March 26, 1932. Attended
University of Maryland; University of Maryland School
of Law, J.D., 1961. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1962. Served in the U.S. Air Force. Member, American,
Maryland State, Carroll County, and Baltimore County
Bar Associations. President, Carroll County Bar Associ-
ation, 1977. Member, Gamma Eta Gamma (chancellor,
1960-1961). Married; 2 children.

HARRY CHESTER GOUDY, JR. Fifth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1977—. Bom in Baltimore, July 29, 1934. Attend-
ed Severn School; University of Maryland, B.S., 1957;
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961. Member, American,
Maryland State, and Anne Arundel County Bar Associ-
ations; American Arbitration Association. Deputy
state's attorney for Anne Arundel County, 1965-1970.
Married; 3 children.

J. HAROLD GRADY. Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1962—;
Chief Judge. Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Feb-
ruary 27, 1917. Attended Baltimore City parochial
schools; Forest Park High School; Loyola College,
A.B., 1938; University of Maryland School of Law,
LL.B., 1942. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1942. Spe-
cial Agent, F.B.L, 1942-1946. Member, Maryland State
and Baltimore City Bar Associations; American Judica-
ture Society; Barristers Club; Trial Table Law Club.
Mayor, Baltimore City, 1959-1962; state's attorney for
Baltimore City, 1956-1959; deputy state's attorney,
1955-1956; assistant state's attorney, 1947-1955. B'nai
B'ritli Acliicvciiicnl Award; Leadership Award, Greater
Baltimore Committee; Brotherhood Award, National
Conference of Christians and Jews. Married; 4 children.

Circuit Court Biographies

MARTIN B. GREENFELD. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1975—. Bom in Baltimore, July 8, 1934. Attended
Baltimore City public schools; Franklin and Marshall
College, B.A., 1955; University of Maryland School of
Law, LL.B., 1958. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1958. Served in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Re-
serves. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City
Bar Associations. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Assistant attorney general of Maryland, 1968-1973;
special assistant attorney general, 1973-1975; assistant
city solicitor for Baltimore City, 1962-1965. Board mem-
ber, Baltimore Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1965-
1966; Associated Jewish Charities, 1971-1974;
Levindale Hospital, 1977-1978; Jewish Family and
Children's Service, 1971-1976; Baltimore Jewish Coun-
cil, 1980-1982; Beth-Am Synagogue, 1976— (presi-
dent, 1981). Founding member, Center Stage. Married;
4 children.

WALTER RECKORD HAILE. Third Judicial Circuit,
1966—. Bom in Towson, June 30, 1913. Attended
Towson High School; Johns Hopkins University; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1935. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1936. Private practice,
1936-1966. Served in the U.S. Army. Member, Ameri-
can and Maryland State Bar Associations; American
Judicature Society. Member, 1965-1966 Governor's
Commission on the Uniform Commercial Code, Zoning
Laws, and the Maryland Constitution; Draft Board ad-
visor for thirty years. Deputy State's Attorney,
Baltimore County, 1943-1947; Assistant County Solici-
tor, Baltimore County, 1951-1956; Deputy County So-
licitor, 1956-1966. Married; 2 children.

ROBERT I. H. HAMMERMAN. Eighth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1967—. Bom in Baltimore, July 17, 1928.
Attended Baltimore City College; Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, B.A., 1950; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1953.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1953. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar Associa-
tions; American Judicature Society. Advisor, Lancers
Boys Club; president, Har Sinai Congregation Brother-
hood; former president. City College Alumni Associa-
tion; former president, Greater Baltimore Chapter
March of Dimes; former member, Governor's Commis-
sion on Law Enforcement and the Administration of
Justice; former member, Board of Directors, Better
Business Bureau; Jewish Community Center; Johns
Hopkins Club. Baltimore City College Hall of Fame;
Golden Deeds Award, Exchange Club; Man of the
Year, Hebrew Noble Ladies; Afro American Honor
Role for Superior Public Service; Annual Award for
Humanitarian Service, National Council of Jewish
Women. Unmarried.

JOHN RAYMOND HARGROVE, SR. Eighth Judi-
cial Circuit, 1974—. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey,
October 25, 1923. Attended St. Catherine's Academy;
Frederick Douglass High School; Morgan State College;
Howard University, B.A., 1947; University of Maryland