[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 26 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E311]
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                        TRIBUTE TO MAXINE ADLER

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                      HON. ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR.

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 11, 2002

  Mr. EHRLICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the recent 
retirement of an outstanding leader in Maryland's public affairs, 
Maxine Adler.
  I first met Maxine as a freshman delegate during the 1987 legislative 
session in Annapolis. I learned soon thereafter that her diminutive 
stature belied a tough, persuasive manner and character which loomed 
large on the Maryland legislative landscape for many years.
  Few Marylanders may be aware of Maxine's long and distinguished 
career. She began her career in Annapolis as a legislative aide to the 
Baltimore County Delegation to the Maryland House of Delegates. After 
graduating cum laude from the University of Baltimore Law School, 
Maxine worked as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard Gilbert, Chief 
Judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, and as a law clerk to 
the Department of Economic and Community Development under the Attorney 
General. For two decades, Maxine served as a successful lawyer and 
lobbyist as a member of the Baltimore-based law firm of Semmes, Bowen, 
& Semmes.
  In addition, Maxine is a valuable and active participant in the 
greater Baltimore community. She is a member of the University of 
Baltimore School of Law Advisory Committee, the Governor's Blue Ribbon 
Panel on Self-Insurance, and a Commissioner on the Baltimore County 
Commission for Women.
  Maxine is also a member of the Women's Housing Coalition's Board of 
Directors, which provides transitional and permanent housing for 
homeless, low-income, or at-risk women. Finally, she and her husband, 
my good friend Robert L. McKinney, were named one of ``Baltimore's 
Power Couples'' in the June 2000 edition of Baltimore Magazine.
  Mr. Speaker, Maxine will be sorely missed by lawmakers on both sides 
of the aisle in Annapolis. I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing 
Maxine and her husband Bob all the best in their future endeavors.

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