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THOMAS E. DEWBERRY, Democrat, District 47B, Baltimore County.

Member of House of Delegates since 1989. Speaker Pro Tem, 1997-. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1989- (capital budget subcommittee; transportation & the environment subcommittee; oversight committee on personnel; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation); Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1996-. Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 1996-; Spending Affordability Committee, 1996-. House Chair, Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 1992-. Chair, Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996-97. Member, Joint Expenditure Study Group on Education and Human Resources, 1991; Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97; Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997.

Senior Hearing Examiner, Public Service Commission. Member, Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1995-97; Citizens Advisory Board for Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA) - Baltimore, 1997-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 29, 1951. Loyola High School; University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A., 1973; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1977. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Chair, 12th Legislative District Democratic State Central Committee, 1982-1986. Member, Democratic State Central Committee, Baltimore County, 1982-90 (chair, 1986-90). Chair, Rules Committee, Maryland Democratic Party, 1986-89. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1988. Treasurer, National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys Convention, 1988. Past president and member, Board of Directors, Revisions, Inc. (Catonsville), a psychosocial rehabilitation center. Board of Directors, Historical Old Salem, Inc. Member, Catonsville Chamber of Commerce; St. Agnes Knights of Columbus (past chair & officer); Hillcrest Elementary & Catonsville Middle School PTAs. Married; two children.

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