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[photo, Adelaide C. Eckardt, State Delegate] ADELAIDE C. (ADDIE) ECKARDT
Republican, District 37B, Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, & Wicomico Counties


Member of House of Delegates since January 11, 1995. Deputy Minority Whip, 1999-. Member, Appropriations Committee, 2003- (health & human resources subcommittee, 2003-; oversight committee on pensions, 2003-); Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1995-; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-; Special Committee on Gaming, 2001-; Joint Committee on Fair Practices, 2003-; Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 2003-; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2003-; Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2003-. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1995-2003 (health insurance subcommittee, 1995-2003; real estate & housing subcommittee, 1999-2003; science & technology subcommittee, 1999-2003); Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97; Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2000-03. Chair, Caroline County Delegation, 1995-. Chair, Dorchester County Delegation, 1995-. Secretary, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2003- (member, 1995-; endorsement committee, 2001-, finance committee, 2001-, legislative committee, 2001-).

Member, Availability Committee of Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs, 1998-2001; Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2001-; Advisory Board, Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, Salisbury University, 2002-. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1943. Attended Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing; University of Maryland School of Nursing, B.S., 1978, M.S., 1981. Registered Nurse-Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. Member, Dorchester County Republican Central Committee, 1986-1994. Board of Directors, Dorchester General Hospital, 1988-. President, Maryland Nurses Association, 1989-91 (legislative chair, 1986-89, 1993-94). Executive Committee, Maryland Hospital Association, 1993-. Board member, Chesapeake Health Planning Systems (past president & vice-president). Member, Maryland Nurses Association; American Nurses Association; American Ortho-Psychiatric Association; Sigma Theta Tau. Psychiatric Nursing Award, University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing, 1981. Nurse of the Year, District 4, Maryland Nurses Association, 1986, 1991. Rosalie S. Abrams Legislative Award, Maryland Nurses Association, 1988. Outstanding Board Member Award, Maryland Nurses Association, 1992. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2003. Married; three sons.

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