MARYLAND SENATE

JOHN J. HAFER, Republican, District 1, Allegany & Garrett Counties.

James Senate Office Building, Room 406
110 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
(301) 858-3565
(410) 841-3565
e-mail: john_hafer@senate.state.md.us

District office:
P. O. Box 116
58 Frost Ave.
Frostburg, MD 21532 - 0116
(301) 689-4666

Member of Senate since 1991. Member, Finance Committee, 1991- (health subcommittee); Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1991-; Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1992-; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1995-; Joint Audit Committee, (formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1995-; Legislative Policy Committee, 1997-. Member, Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing, 1991; Special Joint Committee on Economic Development Strategy; Joint Expenditure Study Group on Law Enforcement and Transportation, 1991; Joint Oversight Committee on State Employees Health Insurance, 1994; Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995-96. Chair, Western Maryland Delegation, 1995-.

Member, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 1991-; State Commission on Neighborhoods, 1994-96; Task Force on Maryland's Dairy Industry, 1995-97; Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996; Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee, 1996-; Commission to Study Ways to Improve the Financial Viability of the Racing Industry, 1997; Task Force to Study Retail Electric Competition and the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry, 1997-.

Born in Frostburg, Maryland, February 25, 1932. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1954; Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, 1958. Medic, U.S. Army. Funeral director. Member, Maryland Farm Bureau; Allegany County Farm Bureau; Cumberland Chamber of Commerce. Mason Lodge, Scottish Rite 32nd degree, Tall Cedar of Lebanon, Past Potentate, Ali Ghan Shrine Temple; Past Grand Tall Cedar. Member, Fraternal Order of Police; Farrady American Legion Post; Cumberland B.P.O. Elks; Cumberland Moose. Past chair, Salvation Army and American Cancer Crusade. Board member, Salvation Army; Cumberland Youth Center. Married; four children.

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