MARYLAND HOUSE OF DELEGATES

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JOHN F. WOOD, JR., Democrat, District 29A, St. Mary's County.

Member of House of Delegates since 1987. Vice-Chair, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1994- (chair, financial institutions subcommittee). Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee (vice-chair, 1993). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1987-93 (unemployment insurance subcommittee); Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing, 1990-91. Past chair, Charles County Delegation.

Member, Park and Recreation Board, St. Mary's County, 1979-; County Hospital Board, St. Mary's County, 1982-. Member, Partnership for Workforce Quality Advisory Board; Interdepartmental Committee on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits; Maryland Veterans Home Commission; 7th Judicial Nominating Commission, 1980-86; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 1987-; Subcommittee on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits of Governor's Commission on Health Care Policy and Financing, 1988-89; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 1991-; U.S. 301 South Corridor Transportation Study Task Force, 1994-95; Task Force to Review the State's Election Law, 1995; Forum for Rural Maryland, 1995-; Task Force to Study Bank Charter Modernization, 1997-. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Liens, Regulation of Towing Practices, and the Disposition of Unclaimed Vehicles, 1997-.

Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, January 13, 1936. Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Maryland National Guard (sergeant), 1952-60. Owner & operator, Wood's Food Rite. Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Food Dealers Association, 1976-83 (president, 1980). Member, Charles County and St. Mary's County Democratic Clubs; Rescue Squad, Mechanicsville Fire Department; Mechanicsville and 7th District Optimist Clubs; Mechanicsville Moose. Married; nine children.

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