Background
Sickles, Carlton Ralph was born on June 15, 1921 in Hamden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Carlton Wilbur and Louise Edith (Torelli) Sickles.
Sickles, Carlton Ralph was born on June 15, 1921 in Hamden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Carlton Wilbur and Louise Edith (Torelli) Sickles.
BSS cum laude, Georgetown University, 1943. Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1948.
Assistant general counsel United Mine Workers of America Welfare/Retirement Fund, 1949-1951. Attorney, 1952-1989; partner Carday Associates, Inc., 1952-1959, part owner, vice president and secretary, 1960-1970, president, 1970-1997, senior vice president, from 1997. Partner Goldberg, Thompson, Pasternak & Sickles, 1979-1986.
General counsel International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, 1954-1963. Adjunct professor Georgetown University Law School, 1960-1967. Member United States Congress, 1963-1967, Maryland Congress-at-Large.
Delegate Maryland Constnl. Convention, 1967-1968, Maryland House of Delegates, 1955-1962, chairman labor committee, 1959-1962. Professional neutral trustee United Mine Workers Combined Health Fund, 1993-1998.
Pension reporter, member advisory committee Bureau National Affairs, 1976-1984.
Board directors Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 1967-1973, chairman 1971, alternate director 1975-1978, 81—. Commissioner Washington Suburban Transit Commission, 1967-1973, chairman 1967, 75-79, chairman 1977, 81—, chairman 1992. Member International Metropolitan Railroads Committee, International Union of Public Transit, since 1987.
Commissioner Maryland State Planning Commission, 1969-1980. Member Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, chairman 1962, 63. Member Joint Commission to Study Passenger Carrier Facilities in Metropolitan Washington Area, 1955-1966.
Chairman Council of Governments advisory committee on health information systems, 1973-1976. Member United States Department Department of Health task force, 1974. Board directors Prince George's General Hospital and Medical Center, 1974-1976.
Chairman Governor's Commission to Study the Maryland Public Service Commission, 1977-1980. Board directors Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, Inc., 1969-1979, president, 1975-1977, numerous others. Board member Strathmore Foundation Art Center, Montgomery County, since 1980, treasurer, since 1989.
Bd directors International Foundation Employee Benefit Plans, 1965-1967, 69-74, president, chairman board, 1974, member various committees, since 1974. Member national coordinating committee Multi-Employer Plans, chairman administrators advisory committee, since 1976. Served in the United States Army, Infantry, 1943-1946, United States Air Force, 1951-1952, Korea.
Member District of Columbia Bar association, Prince George's County Bar Association, Former Members of Congress (board directors 1965-1967, 69-74, bd.d irs. 1965-1967, 69-74, president, chairman board 1974, counselor since 1983), Cosmos Club Washington.
Married Simone Semailovna Shornick, February 16, 1947 (deceased January 1990). 1 child, Simone Louise Rockstroh. Married Jacqueline Bridewell Eig, March 4, 1997.