MARYLAND STATE SENATE

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DONALD F. MUNSON, Republican, District 2, Washington County.

Member of Senate since 1991. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 1992- (capital budget subcommittee; pensions subcommittee; public safety, transportation, economic development & natural resources subcommittee); Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1991-; Spending Affordability Committee, 1995-. Member, Task Force on Telecommunications Taxes, 1994-95; Special Joint Task Force on Transportation, 1995. Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995-; Rules Committee, 1997-; Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 1997-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1997-.

Member, House of Delegates, 1975-90. Member, Economic Matters Committee (unemployment insurance subcommittee); Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. Vice-Chair, Western Maryland Delegation, 1987-90.

Member, Governor's Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs; Tri-County Council for Western Maryland; Citizens Advisory Board, Western Maryland Center, 1978-90; Liability Insurance Task Force, 1985; Governor's Utility Relocation Task Force, 1995; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 1995-; Sound Barrier Review Panel, 1995-96; Forum for Rural Maryland, 1996-; Task Force to Study County Property-Tax Setoffs and Related Fiscal Issues, 1997-; Council on Management and Productivity, 1997-.

Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, December 21, 1937; early years in Hagerstown and Williamsport. Washington County public schools; Capitol Page School (page, U.S. House of Representatives under Rep. DeWitt S. Hyde, 1953-55); The Johns Hopkins University, B.S., 1968. Served in U.S. Army Reserves. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 1976, 1988, 1992. Washington County Republican Club; Washington County Historical Society; Washington County Association for Retarded Citizens; Antietam Exchange Club; North American Rod & Gun Club; Alsatia Club. Married; one child.

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