MARY ROE WALKUP, Republican, District 36, Cecil, Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's & Talbot Counties.
District office:
12836 Still Pond Creek Road
Worton, MD 21678
(410) 778-6635
fax: (410) 778-9032
Member of House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1995- (real estate & housing subcommittee; science & technology subcommittee; unemployment insurance subcommittee). Chair, Kent County Delegation, 1995-.
Member, Board of County Commissioners, Kent County, 1978-86 (president, 1982-86). Member, Delmarva Advisory Council, 1978-86; Coastal Resources Advisory Commission, 1978-86; Upper Shore Aging (board of directors), 1978-86; Upper Shore Mental Health, 1978-86; Upper Shore Planning Council, 1978-86; Board of Social Services, Kent County, 1978-86; Commission on Aging, Kent County, 1978-86; Planning Commission (ex officio), Kent County, 1982-86; Kent County Historical Trust. Member, Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission, 1984-86; State Water Quality Advisory Committee, 1988-; Citizens' Advisory Committee to the Chesapeake Bay Program, 1988-; Commission to Save the Lighthouses, 1995-96.
Born in Kent County. Attended Kent County public schools; University of Maryland School of Nursing, R.N., 1945. Former nurse supervisor, obstetrical patient care, University of Maryland Hospital. Delegate, Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties, 1982-86. Charter member, Kent Conservation, Inc., 1965- (president, 1972-74, 1991-93). Member, Kent Chapter, American Red Cross, 1977-; Kent County Farm Bureau, 1982-; Chester River Association; Eastern Shore Land Conservancy; Maryland Conservation Council. Conservationist of the Year, Maryland Wildlife Federation, 1977. Thomas Stone Award, Outstanding Maryland Republican Woman, 1977. Award, Women Helping Women, 1983. Married; four children; sixteen grandchildren.
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