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JOHN C. ASTLE
Member, House of Delegates, January 1983 to January 11, 1995, representing District 30 (Anne Arundel County). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1983-85; Appropriations Committee, 1986-93 (vice-chair, capital budget subcommittee; vice-chair, budget subcommittee on law enforcement & transportation); Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 1987-94; Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing, 1990-91; Joint Expenditure Study Group on Law Enforcement and Transportation, 1991; Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1994. Chair, Anne Arundel County Delegation, 1986-91.
Member, Task Force on Dual Office-Holding by Public Employees, 1995; Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Task Force, 1995; Task Force to Examine Liability Insurance on Rental Vehicles, 1996; Task Force to Study Patient and Provider Appeal and Grievance Mechanisms, 1996; Advisory Committee to Study Funding Mechanisms for the Maryland Insurance Administration, 1997-98. Co-Chair, Task Force to Examine the Mortgage Lending Business, 1997. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Modernization of Credit Union Law, 1999-2001. Member, State Commission on the Capital City, 1999-; Environmental Noise Advisory Council, 2000-05; Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2002-04 (executive committee; aquaculture industry work group); Governor's Commission on the Structure and Efficiency of State Government, 2003 (law enforcement agencies subcommittee); Maryland Military Installations Strategic Planning Council, 2003-06. Board of Trustees, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2003-. Member, Governor's Commission for Protecting the Chesapeake Bay through Sustainable Forestry, 2004-06; Maryland Tourism Development Board, 2004-; Task Force on Assistance to Disabled Veterans Establishing Small Businesses, 2005; Task Force on Traffic Capacity Across the Chesapeake Bay, 2005-06; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2006-. Chair, Task Force to Study the Boating Industry in Maryland, 2007-08. Member, Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health-Care Funding Options, 2007-09; Task Force on Educational Issues Affecting Military Children, 2008-09; Maryland State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, 2010-.
Born in Charles Town, West Virginia, March 31, 1943. Attended Barboursville High School, Barboursville, West Virginia; Marshall University, B.A. (sociology), 1966; Catholic University of America, graduate studies, 1972-74. Served in U.S. Marine Corps, captain, 1966-75 (31 air medals, 2 purple hearts, presidential service badge); assigned to White House support staff (Presidential helicopter pilot), 1971-74. Served in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1975-96 (retired as colonel). Medical evacuation helicopter pilot, Washington Hospital Center, 1985-2005. Member, Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; National Rifle Association; Safari Club International. Board of Directors, Maryland Patient Safety Center, 2007- (advisory board, 2004-07). State Legislator of the Year, Safari Club International, 2005. Married; two children; three grandchildren.
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