Congressional Directory for the 117th Congress (2021-2022), October 2022.
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[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; trustee, 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 on 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; ranking Senate
Democrat, CSCE, 2018-20, chair, 2021-present; 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, 2015-present; member,
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, 2018-present; religion: Jewish;
married: Myrna Edelman of Baltimore, 1964; two children (one deceased);
two grandchildren; committees: chair, Small Business and
Entrepreneurship; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign
Relations; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 2006; reelected to
each succeeding Senate term.
Office Listings
https://cardin.senate.gov https://facebook.com/senatorbencardin
https://twitter.com/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.
State Director.--Carleton Atkinson.
100 South Charles Street, Tower I, Suite 1710, (410) 962-4436
Baltimore, MD 21201...................................
FAX: 962-4256
10201 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, Suite 210, (301) 860-0414
Bowie, 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