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HOUSE OF DELEGATES

FORMER DELEGATES


[photo, C. Richard D'Amato, State Delegate] C. RICHARD D'AMATO
Democrat, District 30, Anne Arundel County

Member of House of Delegates, January 13, 1999 to January 8, 2003. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003 (education & economic development subcommittee, 1999-2003; oversight committee on pensions, 1999-2003; oversight committee on personnel, 1999-2003); Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2002-03.


Member, Task Force to Study Lighting Efficiency and Light Pollution in Maryland, 2001-02; Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2001-03; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources, 2002-03.

Board of Trustees, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2008-10; State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission, 2010-.

Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, September 28, 1942. Cornell University, B.A., cum laude (government), 1964; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University and Tufts University, M.A., M.A.L.D. (law & diplomacy), 1967. Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve (served in Vietnam & Operation Desert Shield). Assistant Professor of Government, U.S. Naval Academy, 1968-71. Serving Officer, U.S.S. King, 1971-73. Legislative Director, U.S. Representative James M. Jeffords of Vermont, 1975-78. Legislative Assistant and Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, 1978-80. Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1980. Member, Maryland State, District of Columbia and Colorado Bar Associations. Staff Director and Counsel to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, 1980-87. Chief Democratic Counsel, U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, 1988-98. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, U.S. Naval Academy, 1998-. Chair, Taste of the Nation, Annapolis Share Our Strength, 1996-. Member, Eastport Civic Association; Severn River Association; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; South County Democratic Club. Married.

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