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[photo, Mary Roe Walkup, State Delegate] MARY ROE WALKUP
Republican, District 36, Caroline, Cecil, Kent & Queen Anne's Counties


Member of House of Delegates since January 11, 1995. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1995- (deathcare industry work group; real property subcommittee, 1995-98; science & technology subcommittee, 1997-2003; real estate & housing subcommittee, 1999-2003; unemployment insurance subcommittee, 1999-2003; banking, economic development, science & technology subcommittee, 2003-; public utilities work group, 2003-; workers' compensation subcommittee, 2003-); Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2003-; Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2003-; Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2003-; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2004-. Chair, Kent County Delegation, 1995-. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995- (endorsement committee, 2001-); Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-; Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-; Maryland Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-.

Member, Board of County Commissioners, Kent County, 1978-86 (president, 1982-86). Member, Delmarva Advisory Council, 1978-86; Coastal Resources Advisory Commission, 1978-86; Upper Shore Aging (board of directors), 1978-86; Upper Shore Mental Health, 1978-86; Upper Shore Planning Council, 1978-86; Board of Social Services, Kent County, 1978-86; Commission on Aging, Kent County, 1978-86; Planning Commission (ex officio), Kent County, 1982-86; Kent County Historical Trust. Member, Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission, 1984-86; State Water Quality Advisory Committee, 1988-98; Citizens' Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Executive Council, 1988-2002; Commission to Save the Lighthouses, 1995-96; Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 1999-; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2001-; Task Force on Broadband Communications Deployment in Underserved Rural Areas, 2003-.

Born in Kent County. Attended Kent County public schools; University of Maryland School of Nursing, R.N., 1945. Former nurse supervisor, obstetrical patient care, University of Maryland Hospital. Delegate, Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties, 1982-86. Charter member, Kent Conservation, Inc., 1965- (president, 1972-74, 1991-93). Member, Kent Chapter, American Red Cross, 1977-; Kent County Farm Bureau, 1982-; Chester River Association; Eastern Shore Land Conservancy; Maryland Conservation Council. Conservationist of the Year, Maryland Wildlife Federation, 1977. Thomas Stone Award, Outstanding Maryland Republican Woman, 1977. Award, Women Helping Women, 1983. Married; four children; sixteen grandchildren.

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