Congressional Directory for the 114th Congress (2015-2016), February 2016.
[Pages 123-124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    BENJAMIN L. ``BEN'' CARDIN, Democrat, of Baltimore, MD; born in 
Baltimore, October 5, 1943; education: graduated, City College High 
School, 1961; B.A., cum laude, University of Pittsburgh, 1964; L.L.B., 
1st in class, University of Maryland School of Law, 1967; professional: 
attorney, Rosen and Esterson, 1967-78; elected to Maryland House of 
Delegates in November 1966, served from 1967-87; Speaker of the House of 
Delegates, youngest Speaker at the time, 1979-87; elected to U.S. House 
of Representatives in November 1986, Maryland 3rd Congressional 
District, served from 1987-2007; member: Associated Jewish Charities and 
Welfare Fund, 1985-89; Trustee, Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, 
1999-2007 Trustee, Goucher College, 1999-2008; St. Mary's College, 1988-
99; Lifetime Member, NAACP, since 1990; Board of Visitors, University of 
Maryland Law School, 1998-present; President's Board of Visitors, UMBC, 
1993-present; Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies' 
National Advisory Board, 2003-present; Board of Visitors, U.S. Naval 
Academy, 2007-present; Board of Trustees, The James Madison Memorial 
Fellowship, 2010-present; awards: Congressional Award, Small Business 
Council of America, 1993, 1999, 2005; Public Sector Distinguished Award, 
Tax Foundation, 2003; Congressional Voice for Children Award, National 
PTA, 2009; Congressional Leadership Award, American College of Emergency 
Physicians, 2010; Whitney M. Young Award, Baltimore Urban League, 2011; 
Chesapeake Conservation Hero, Chesapeake Conservancy, 2012; 
Commissioner, Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), 
since 1993; co-chair, CSCE, 2007-08; chair, CSCE, 2009-10; co-chair, 
CSCE, 2011-13; chair, CSCE, 2013-14; Vice President, Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, 2006-
14; Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Intolerance for 
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (2014-present); religion: Jewish; 
married: Myrna Edelman of Baltimore, 1964; two children, (one deceased); 
two grandchildren; committees: ranking member, Foreign Relations; 
Environment and Public Works; Finance; Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 2006; 
reelected to the U.S. Senate on November 6, 2012.


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