MARYLAND & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

UNITED STATES SENATE

FORMER U.S. SENATORS

Member of U.S. Senate, January 4, 1977 to January 3, 2007. Member, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, 1977-2007 (ranking member, 2003-07; chair, 2001-02). Member, Foreign Relations Committee, 1977-2007 (subcommittee on near eastern & south asian affairs, 1977-2007; subcommittee on european affairs, 1981-2007; subcommittee on african affairs, 1997-2007; subcommittee on international economic policy, export & trade promotion, 1977-2007); Committee on the Budget, 1993-2007; Joint Economic Committee, 1995-2007. Chair, Maryland Congressional Delegation.

Member, Maryland House of Delegates, 1967-71. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1967; Ways and Means Committee, 1968-71. Vice-Chair, Baltimore City Delegation, 1968.

Legislative draftsman, Department of Legislative Reference, 1961 session of General Assembly. Administrative assistant to Walter W. Heller, chair of President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1962-63. Executive Director, Charter Revision Commission, Baltimore City, 1963-64.

Member, Bainbridge Re-Use Advisory Committee, 1996-97; Advisory Board, Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, Salisbury University, 2002-. Vice-Chair, Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, 2009-. Board of Trustees, and Board of Directors, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore.

Born in Salisbury, Maryland, February 3, 1933. Attended Wicomico Senior High School; Princeton University, A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1954; Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford University, first class B.A., honours in School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, 1957; Harvard University School of Law, LL.B., cum laude, 1960. Law clerk to Judge Morris A. Soper, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1960-61. Attorney. Associate, Piper & Marbury, 1961-62; Venable, Baetjer and Howard, 1965-70. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004. International Advisory Board, Walters Art Museum. Legislator of the Year, Congressional Fire Services Institute, 1998. Congressional Recognition Award, International Association of Fire Fighters, 1999. Friend of Education Award, Maryland State Teachers Association, 2000. John V. Kabler Memorial Award, Maryland League of Conservation Voters, 2002. Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award, University of Illinois, 2003. Rolfe Award for Extrordinary Impact on Policy in Economics, Business, and Finance, Women's Economic Roundtable, New York, 2003. Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004. Cox, Richardson, Coleman Award, Harvard University Law School, 2004. Champion of Science Award, Science Coalition, 2004. Advocacy Award, Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region, 2004. Thomas Kennedy Award, House of Delegates, 2005. Restore America Hero Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2005. Profile in Stewardship Award, Scenic Rivers Land Trust, 2006. Outstanding achievement in greenways preservation award, Kodak American Greenways Awards (Eastman Kodak, National Geographic Society, & The Conservation Fund), 2006. Reginald V. Truitt Environmental Award, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 2007. Member, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, Baltimore. Married to Christine Dunbar Sarbanes, who died March 22, 2009; three children; six grandchildren.

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