C. Richard D'Amato (1942-2026)
MSA SC 3520-2771
Biography:
Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, September 28, 1942. Attended Cornell University, B.A., cum laude, government, 1964; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University and Tufts University, M.A., M.A.L.D., law and diplomacy, 1967; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1980. Married to Dorothy Walsh; one child.
General Assembly:
Member of House of Delegates, January 13, 1999 to January 8, 2003. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003 (education & economic development subcommittee, 1999-2003; oversight committee on pensions, 1999-2003; oversight committee on personnel, 1999-2003); Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2002-03.
Member, Task Force to Study Lighting Efficiency and Light Pollution in Maryland, 2001-02; Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2001-03; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources, 2002-03.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2001-07 (chair, 2002-03, 2004-05; vice-chair, 2001-02, 2003-04).
Board of Trustees, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2008-10. Member, State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission, 2010-16; Climate Change Commission, 2014-16; Commission on Climate Change, 2016-19. Board of Trustees, Maryland Environmental Trust, 2016-19.
Legislative Director, U.S. Representative James M. Jeffords of Vermont, 1975-78. Legislative Assistant and Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, 1978-80. Staff Director and Counsel to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, 1980-87. Chief Democratic Counsel, U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, 1988-98.
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