Background
Cardin, Benjamin Louis was born on October 5, 1943 in Baltimore. Son of Meyer M. and Dora (Green) Cardin.
United States senator from Maryland
Cardin, Benjamin Louis was born on October 5, 1943 in Baltimore. Son of Meyer M. and Dora (Green) Cardin.
Bachelor cum laude, University Pittsburgh, 1964. Juris Doctor, University Maryland, 1967. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Baltimore, 1990.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Maryland, Baltimore, 1993. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Baltimore Hebrew University, 1994. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Goucher College, Baltimore, 1996.
Doctor of Laws, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, Maryland, 2007.
Member Maryland House of Delegates, 1967-1986, chairman ways & means committee, 1974-1979, speaker of house, 1979-1986. Private practice attorney Baltimore, 1967-1987. Member from 3d Maryland District United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1987—2006, member standards.
& official conduct committee, 1991-1997, member human resources & social security subcommittee, 1991—2006, member ways & means committee, 1999—2005, chair organization, study & review committee, Democratic Caucus, 1997—2006. United States Senator from Maryland, since 2006. Member judiciary, foreign relations and environmental & public works committees United States Senate.
Commissioner Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (United States Helsinki Commission) since 1993, chairman, since 2009. Vice president Organization Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Member National Security Working Group.
Chairman Doctor of Medicine Legal Service Corporation, 1988-1995. Trustee St. Mary's College, 1988-1999, Goucher College, 1999-2008, Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, since 1999. Board visitors University Maryland School Law, since 1991, University Maryland Baltimore County, since 1998, United States Naval Academy, since 2007.
Member national advisory board Johns Hopkins University Institute Policy Studies, since 2003. Member of Maryland Bar Association, American Bar Association (Pro Bono Public award 1989), Baltimore City Bar Association.
Married Myrna Edelman, November 24, 1964. Children: Michael, Deborah.