THOMAS WARD (1927-2016)
Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1982-97. Retired February 27, 1997.
Member, City Council, Baltimore City, 1963-67. Member, Mayor's Committee to Determine the Feasibility of Buying Maryland Transit Company, Baltimore City, 1966; Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, Baltimore City, 1966-68; Redistricting Commission, Baltimore City, 1967.
Member, Joint Legislative Committee to Determine the Feasibility of a Department of Transportation, 1968; Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1970-72.
Chair, Board of License Commissioners, Baltimore City, 2014-15.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 28, 1927. Attended Valley Forge Military Academy, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, B.S., 1950; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1953, The Johns Hopkins University, graduate studies. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1953. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Served in U.S. Army, 1945-47, 1949-51, 1952 (parachute infantry; graduate of infantry school & airborne & glider school) Reporter for Baltimore Sun, 1951-54. Active in Baltimore City civic and political life since 1953. Board of Trustees, Baltimore City Historical Society, 2002-16. Author of numerous conservation articles published in newspapers and magazines throughout U.S. Died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 6, 2016.
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