Member, Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 1998- (past chair); Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2002-05; Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2006-; Emergency Management Advisory Council, 2008-.
Attended Ryken High School, Leonardtown, Maryland; St. Mary's College of Maryland. Member, Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department, 1964-. Past president, Maryland State Firemen's Association (past chair, executive committee). Board of Directors, St. Mary's Nursing Center; Friends of St. Clement's Island Museum; Maryland Association of Counties. Past president, Advisory Board, Community College at St. Mary's. Past member, Community College Building Committee. Community Service Award, St. Mary's County Chamber of Commerce, 1987. Spirit of Excellence Award, Bell Atlantic, 1991. Awarded honorary degree, College of Southern Maryland, 2004.
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