[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 27 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E322]
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                        TRIBUTE TO MAXINE ADLER

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                      HON. ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR.

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 12, 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 has been a valuable and active participant in the 
greater Baltimore community. Over the years, she has been 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 has also been 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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