Patricia Ruth Sher

Background

Sher, Patricia Ruth was born on June 19, 1931 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Harry Eugene Hesse and Beatrice Ruth (Whitcomb) Cooper.

Education

Student, Montgomery College Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology and Applied Design, U. Maryland., 1983.

Career

Member, House of Delegates, Annapolis, Maryland., 1979-1990; deputy majority whip, House of Delegates, Annapolis, Maryland., 1987-1989; deputy majority leader, House of Delegates, Annapolis, Maryland., 1989-1990; vice-chair task force to study deaths resulting from building fires, House of Delegates, Annapolis, Maryland., 1985-1988; member interdependent committee mandated health insurance benefits, special committee drug and alcohol abuse, chair national legislation task force fire gas toxicity, House of Delegates, Annapolis, Maryland., 1983-1985; member, Maryland. State Senate, 1991-1994.

Achievements

• Patricia Ruth Sher has been listed as a noteworthy State legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder Friends of RAP-Regional Addiction Prevention, 1971. Member Com.to Repeal Blue Laws, 1976. Member of advisory county Drug Abuse, 1972-1978.

Dem.precinct chair, 1966-1978.

Connections

Married WilliamSher, February 13, 1955. Children: Mark Stephen, Hunter Neal, Valerie Lynn, Tod David.

Father:

Harry Eugene Hesse Cooper

Mother:

Beatrice Ruth (Whitcomb) Cooper

Spouse:

WilliamSher

child:

Mark Stephen Sher

child:

Tod David Sher

child:

Hunter Neal Sher

child:

Valerie Lynn Sher