Member of House of Delegates, January 11, 1995 to February 18, 2008. Resigned February 18, 2008. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1995-2008 (housing & social issues subcommittee, 1995; finance resources subcommittee, 1997-98; transportation subcommittee, 1996, 1999-2000; education subcommittee, 2001-03, 2007-08; tax & revenue subcommittee, 2003-06). Member, Special Joint Task Force on Transportation, 1995; Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995-96; Task Force to Study County Property-Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues, 1997; Protocol Committee, 2007-08. Chair, Washington County Delegation, 1999-2003. Chair, Western Maryland Delegation, 2004-08. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-08; Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-08; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-08.
Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, May 7, 1949. Hagerstown Junior College, A.A., 1969; Lynchburg College, B.A. (political science), 1971. Hospital Corpsman, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1971-77. Frostburg State University, M.B.A., 1991. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 1972. Chaplain, Hagerstown Jaycees, 1978-84. Chair, Citizens Advisory Committee, Lincolnshire School, 1980-84. President, Little League of Halfway, Inc., 1980-85, 1992-94. Treasurer, Washington County Mental Health Association, 1980-87. Secretary, Antietam Exchange Club, 1984-. Secretary, Parent and Child Center Advisory Committee, 1985-88. Staff, Maryland District I Little League, 1986-2008. Chair, Maryland State Association of Big Brothers and Big Sisters Agencies, 1986-2008. Former executive director, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Washington County, Maryland, Inc. Vice-President, Hagerstown Junior Basketball League, 1987-89. Board of Directors, Hagerstown Junior College Alumni Association, 1992-. Carey Brewer Alumni Award, Lynchburg College, 1986. Book of Golden Deeds, Antietam Exchange Club, 1994. Member, First Christian Church, Hagerstown, Maryland (moderator, 1986-88; trustee, community services chair, 1990-).
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