80V Maryland Manual

WALTER M. BAKER, Democrat, District 36. Born in Port Deposit, September 23, 1927.
Attended Perryville High School; Washington College, B.A., 1960; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1960. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1960. Served in the U.S. Army.
Member, Governor's Task Force to Review the Defense of Insanity; Governor's Task Force on
Time-Sharing. State's attorney for Cecil County, 1963-1966. Past president and past director,
Cecil County Bar Association; past president, Young Democrat Club of Washington College
and Cecil County. Member, Elkton Rotary Club (past director and past president); American
Legion. Recipient, Sadler Award, Washington College. Married; 2 children. Member of the
Senate since 1979. Chairman, Joint Committee on Investigation; vice-chairman. Judicial
Proceedings Committee. District office: 153 East Main St., Elkton 21921; tel. 398-0980.
Annapolis office: 204 James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3639.

JOHN N. BAMBACUS, Republican, District 1. Bom in Washington, D.C., May 28, 1945.
Attended Montgomery Junior College; Frostburg State College, B.S., 1970; West Virginia
University, M.S., 1972; University of Maryland, Ph.D. candidate, 1972-75. College professor,
Frostburg State College. Served in U.S. Marine Corps as sergeant, 1964-67; Vietnam veteran.
Member, Governor's Task Force on Volunteer Fire, Rescue and Ambulance Companies.
Member, Frostburg City Council, 1976-78; board of directors, Tri-County Council for
Western Maryland; board of directors, Allegany County Human Resources Development
Commission; board of directors, Frostburg Community Hospital, 1976—; Allegany County
Governmental Study Commission; board of directors, Frostburg State College Foundation,
1981—. Member, Rotary Club; American Legion; VFW. Special assistant to U.S. Senator
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.; director. Public Affairs Institute, Frostburg State College.
Outstanding Young Man of America; Frostburg State College Alumni Achievement Award.
Married; one son. Member of the Senate since 1983; Economic and Environmental Affairs
Committee. Member, Joint Committee on Federal Relations; Maryland Legislative Informa-
tion System Steering Committee. District office: P. 0. Box 236, Frost Hall, College Ave.,
Frostburg 21532; tel. 689-4666. Annapolis office: 406 James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3565.

RAYMOND E. BECK, Republican, District 5. Born in Baltimore, March 5, 1939. Attended
Baltimore City and Baltimore County public schools; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1967.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1967. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1956-1959. Former
secretary, Carroll County Republican State Central Committee. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Carroll County Bar Associations. Member, Westminster Lions Club; Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce; Taneytown Chamber of Commerce; National Federation of Indepen-
dent Businesses. Member, Humane Practices Commission; State Development Council Task
Force. Member of the House of Delegates, 1972-1982. Member of the Senate since 1983;

Budget and Taxation Committee; Joint Budget and Audit Committee; Spending Affbrdability
Committee; Special Joint Committee on Pensions; Joint Committee on State Government
Revision. District office: 189 E. Main St., Westminster 21157; tel. 848-4460. Annapolis office:

405 James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3683.

CLARENCE W. BLOUNT, Democrat, District 41. Attended Baltimore City public schools;

Morgan State University, B.A., 1950; The Johns Hopkins University, M.L.A., 1965;

Georgetown University. Educator. Served in World War II; awarded Combat Commission.
Member, Education Commission of the States; Southern Regional Education Board. Member,
National Democratic Committee. Member, Academy of Political and Social Science; Baltimore
Urban League; NAACP; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Gamma Boule Fraternity. Member,
board of trustees. Provident and Sinai Hospitals; Western Maryland College. Member, Urban
Affairs Committee, NCSL; chairman, Urban Services Commission, Baltimore City. Member,
League of Handicapped and Crippled Children. Member, Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
and Related Disorders; Advisory Committee for Educational Block Grants. Member of the
Senate since 1971. Majority Leader, 1983—. Chairman, Health, Education and Human
Resources Subcommittee; vice-chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee. Member, Execu-
tive Nominations Committee; Rules Committee; Legislative Policy Committee; Joint Commit-
tee on Budget and Audit; Joint Committee on Federal Relations; Spending Affordability
Committee; Special Joint Committee on Transportation. District office: 4811 Liberty Heights
Ave., Baltimore 21207; tel. 466-1197. Annapolis office: 100 James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3697.