    Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress (2017-2018), October 2018 Revision
    [Page 123]
    [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 the 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 the 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, Small Business
    and Entrepreneurship; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign
    Relations; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 2006; reelected to
    the U.S. Senate on November 6, 2012.

                                 Office Listings

       http://cardin.senate.gov    facebook: @SenatorBenCardin    twitter:
                                 @SenatorCardin

    509 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510..   (202) 224-4524
      Chief of Staff.--Chris Lynch.                            FAX: 224-1651
      Floor Director.--Gray Maxwell.
      Scheduler.--Debbie Yamada.
      Communications Director.--Sue Walitsky.
    100 South Charles Street, Tower I, Suite 1710,            (410) 962-4436
     Baltimore, MD 21201...................................
      State Director.--Carleton Atkinson.                      FAX: 962-4256
    10201 Martin Luther King Jr Highway, Suite 210, Bowie,    (301) 860-0414
     MD 20720..............................................
    451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 230, Rockville, MD 20850...   (301) 762-2974
    212 West Main Street, Suite 301C, P.O. Box 11,            (410) 546-4250
     Salisbury, MD 21801...................................
    13 Canal Street, Room 305, Cumberland, MD 21502........   (301) 777-2957