SENATE

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[photo, John W. Derr, State Senator] JOHN W. DERR
Republican, District 3, Frederick & Washington Counties

Member of Senate, representing District 3 (Frederick & Washington counties), 1983-99. Minority Whip, 1996-99. Member, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee, 1983-89; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1985-99; Executive Nominations Committee, 1987-94; Tort and Insurance Reform Oversight Committee, 1988-93; Finance Committee, 1989-99; Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing, 1990-91; Legislative Policy Committee, 1995-99. Senate Chair, Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee, 1995-99. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Protocol. Member, Joint Legislative Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donations, 1997-98. Chair, Frederick County Delegation, 1995-99.

Member, Task Force to Study Incentive Awards Program for State Employees, 1990; Task Force on Funding for the Maryland School for the Deaf, 1996; Advisory Committee to Study Funding Mechanisms for the Maryland Insurance Administration, 1997-98.


Member, Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, 2001-13.

Born in Frederick, Maryland, March 18, 1941. Attended Frederick High School, Frederick, Maryland; University of Maryland, B.S., 1963; The American College, C.L.U. (chartered life underwriter), 1977. Served in U.S. Army Reserves, 1963-69. Insurance agent. Member, Republican Local Central Committee, Frederick County, 1982-83. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 1996. Past president, Frederick Jaycees. Past president, Frederick County Heart Association; Frederick Life Underwriters Association; Board of Trustees, Frederick Memorial Hospital. Named Jaycee International Senator, 1977. Married; four children.

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