Jeffrey Building, 4th floor
16 Francis St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-3838
1-800-446-4926 (toll free)
e-mail: mdveteransinfo@mdva.state.md.us
fax: (410) 216-7928
web: www.mdva.state.md.us/
Jeffrey Building, 16 Francis St., Annapolis, Maryland, March 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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James A. Adkins, Deputy Secretary (410) 260-3843
e-mail: jadkins@mdva.state.md.us
Robert L. Finn, Assistant Secretary for Outreach & Advocacy (410) 260-3840
e-mail: rfinn@mdva.state.md.us
COUNSEL
Steven G. Hildenbrand, Assistant Attorney General (410) 585-3070
FINANCE & PERSONNEL
John R. Kearns, Chief Financial Officer (410) 333-4428
e-mail: jkearns_50@hotmail.com
PERSONNEL SERVICES
Vacancy, Chief (410) 333-4428
MARYLAND VETERANS HOME COMMISSION
(D55P0005, formerly D56Q00 & 23.17.00)
FY2005 appropriation: $12,485,711
FY2005 authorized positions: 4
Frederick D. Shroyer, Executive Director (301) 884-8171
1-800-522-8387 (toll free, Maryland)
e-mail: vethome@charhall.org
fax: (301) 884-8036
web: www.charhall.org
Appointed by Governor to 4-year terms with Senate advice & consent:
Robert M. Johnson, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2008
Col. Mary Rozina Boyd, U.S.A.F. (ret.), Vice-Chair & Secretary, 2006
William P. Gillette, 2006; Brig. Gen. Warner I. Sumpter, 2006; Thomas L. Davis, 2007; Frederick Douglass Gray, 2007; Maj. Gen. Andrew H. Anderson, U.S.A. (ret.), 2008; Toni Rae King, 2008; Kathryn Smith Gleeson, 2009; Maj. Alfred N. Simmons, U.S.A. (ret.), 2009; Thomas J. Vanderhorst, 2009; one vacancy.
Ex officio: Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Governor; C. Bernard (Bernie) Fowler, designee of Senate President; vacancy, designee of House Speaker; Gordon B. Browning, Ed.D., Chair, Maryland Veterans Commission.
(formerly H00A0103 & 28.01.01.03)
Appointed by Secretary of Veterans Affairs with Governor's approval to 5-year terms: Marian C. James, 2006; Wilson J. Thornton, Jr., 2007; Thomas Clifton Johnson, 2008; Harold R. Wright, Jr., M.D., 2009; Ronald R. Eaton, 2010.
Appointed by Mayor of Baltimore to 5-year terms: Donald G. Gaither, 2003; Norman Johnson, 2004; Earl W. Nesbitt, 2005; John E. Brandau, 2006; William B. Proctor, 2007.
Appointed by Governor to 7-year terms:
Glenn A. Robinson. Term expires 2004.
Claude L. Callegary, Esq. Term expires 2005.
Maj. Cathy S. Hampton (Ret.); John A. Jarosinski; Calvin E. Patton; Sterling B. Phillips. Terms expire 2006.
Capt. J. E. Dolan, U.S.M.C. (Ret.); Demetri Paris. Terms expire 2007.
Nicholas T. Bassetti; Kathlenn M. Bruyere; Col. Erwin A. Burtnick; James M. Gay, Jr.; Ernest E. Law; Sgt. Maj. Kenneth L. McCall, Sr., U.S.A. (Ret.); Stephen F. Parsons; Lewis Powell; Charles E. Reeder; Richard J. Santos; Leroy E. Thornton. Terms expire 2008.
Raymond J. Dombrowski; Vernon M. Kershaw; John H. Meyers; Col. Otto B. Smith, U.S.A. (Ret.); Thomas D. Wallace; Harry E. Yaukey, Sr.; one vacancy. Terms expire 2009.
Raymond H. Glock; Lynn Patton. Terms expire 2010.
Eugene H. Albert; Alex Ilczuk. Terms expire 2011.
Ex officio: Robert M. Johnson, Chair, Veterans Home Commission
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY (Crownsville)
BALTIMORE COUNTY (Garrison Forest)
DORCHESTER COUNTY (Hurlock)
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY (Cheltenham)
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Worcester County Public Library
Senior Citizens Center
P. O. Box 155
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CHARLOTTE HALL VETERANS HOME
Frederick D. Shroyer, Project Officer (301) 884-8171WAR MEMORIAL COMMISSION
(410) 396-8013
Marian C. James, Chair (chosen by Commission in Sept. to 2-year term), 2006
WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING
Douglas W. Henley, Executive Director (410) 396-8013
fax: (410) 545-0192MARYLAND VETERANS COMMISSION
(410) 333-4428
Gordon B. Browning, Ed.D., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2008
VETERANS CEMETERY PROGRAM
(D55P0002, formerly 23.15.00.02)
FY2005 appropriation: $2,562,333
FY2005 authorized positions: 40
Robert L. Hooper III, Director, Cemetery & Memorial Programs (410) 923-6981
WASHINGTON CEMETERY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
William R. Divelbiss, President (chosen by Board)
David A. Foltz, Ph.D.; John C. Frye. Terms expire 2008.VETERANS CEMETERIES
ALLEGANY COUNTY (Rocky Gap)
Ronald G. Platt, Superintendent
Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery
Rocky Gap State Park
14205 Pleasant Valley Road, NE
Flintstone, MD 21530
(301) 777-2185
fax: (301) 777-2402
Christopher T. Piscitelli, Superintendent
Crownsville State Veterans Cemetery
1122 Sunrise Beach Road
Crownsville, MD 21032
(410) 987-6320
fax: (410) 987-3920
Kenneth McKisset, Superintendent
Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery
11501 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
(410) 363-6090
fax: (410) 363-1533
Denzil T. Cheek, Superintendent
Eastern Shore State Veterans Cemetery
6827 East New Market
Ellwood Road
Hurlock, MD 21643
(410) 943-3420
fax: (410) 943-3680
Martin Fahey, Superintendent
Cheltenham State Veterans Cemetery
P. O. Box 10
11301 Crain Highway (U.S. Route 301)
Cheltenham, MD 20623 - 0010
(301) 372-6398
fax: (301) 782-7310VETERANS MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS PROGRAM
(D55P0003, formerly 23.15.00.03)
FY2005 appropriation: $395,669
FY2005 authorized positions: 3
Patrick M. Tracy, Memorials & Monuments Manager (410) 354-3550MARYLAND KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL
Canton Waterfront Park
2903 Boston St.
Baltimore, MD 21224
(410) 354-3550
Middle Branch Park
2825 South Hanover St.
Baltimore, MD 21225
(410) 354-3550
Route 450 at Naval Academy Bridge
1920 Ritchie Highway
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 333-4428VETERANS SERVICE PROGRAM
(D55P0001, formerly 23.15.00.01)
FY2005 appropriation: $1,155,823
FY2005 authorized positions: 19
Paul M. Prozialeck, Director (chosen by Secretary of Veterans Affairs with Commission approval)
(410) 333-4428, ext. 19
1-800-446-4926 (toll free)
e-mail: mvcprozp@vba.va.gov
fax: (410) 333-1071VETERANS CLAIMS
David Clark, Chief (410) 333-4428, ext. 17
e-mail: mvcclard@vba.va.gov
E. W. Seabrook Hull, Jr., Chief (410) 333-4428, ext. 18
e-mail: mvcehull@vba.va.gov
*Asterisks signify full-time veterans service centers.
By appointment, other centers provide itinerant service weekly, biweekly, or monthly.
CENTRAL MARYLAND SERVICE CENTER
George E. Kauffman, Veterans Service Officer
Federal Building, Room 110
31 Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 333-4428
1-800-446-4926 (toll free)
e-mail: mvcgkauf@vba.va.gov
fax: (410) 333-1071CARROLL COUNTY
Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
125 Airport Drive, Suite 10
Westminster, MD 21157
Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
Upper Chesapeake Industrial Park
103 Chesapeake Blvd.
Elkton, MD 21921
Joseph L. Davis Post 47
501 St. John St.
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Courthouse
100 West Patrick St., Room 2010
Frederick, MD 21701
Mary Risteau Service Center
2 South Bond St.
Bel Air, MD 21014
P. O. Box 1317
Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
South Office Building
Wheaton Plaza Shopping Center
11160 Viers Mill Road
Wheaton, MD 20901 - 1317
Veterans Affairs Community Clinic
7525 Greenway Center Drive, Suite T-4
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Garvey Senior Center
Government Park
Route 245
Leonardtown, MD 20650UPPER EASTERN SHORE SERVICE CENTER
Janet C. Thomas, Veterans Service Officer
County Office Building, Room 106
501 Court Lane
Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 228-1933
1-800-446-4926 (toll free)
fax: (410) 221-1834CAROLINE COUNTY
Caroline County Public Library
100 Market St.
Denton, MD 21629
County Office Building, Room 106
501 Court Lane
Cambridge, MD 21613
Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
126 Philosophers Terrace
Chestertown, MD 21620
Senior Citizens Building
4802 Main St.
Grasonville, MD 21638
Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
Bay Street Plaza
301 Bay St.
Easton, MD 21601LOWER EASTERN SHORE SERVICE CENTER
Debra A. Loki, Veterans Service Officer
W. Paul Martin Multi-Service Center, 3rd floor*
201 Baptist St., Suite 28
Salisbury, MD 21801 - 4973
(410) 543-6675
fax: (410) 219-2857SOMERSET COUNTY
Job Service & Unemployment Insurance
930 West Main St.
Crisfield, MD 21817
P. O. Box 29
City Hall
Clarke Ave.
Pocomoke City, MD 21851 - 0029
307 North Washington St.
Snow Hill, MD 21863WESTERN MARYLAND REGIONAL OFFICE
Susan G. Knisely, Veterans Service Officer
701 Kelly Road, Suite 104
Cumberland, MD 21501
(301) 777-2157
1-800-446-4926 (toll free)
fax: (301) 777-5826American Legion Home
27 West Main St.
Frostburg, MD 21532
7 Hanekamp St.
Lonaconing, MD 21539
American Legion Post
Washington St.
Westernport, MD 21562 - 0155
P. O. Box 104
American Legion Post 71
Memorial Drive (across from County hospital)
Oakland, MD 21550 - 0104
33 West Washington St., Room 206
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