Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Parris N. Glendening Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 13:27:07 EST Message-ID: \SE E;LIFE;ABOUT TOWN;DOERS PROFILE \HD Parris N. Glendening OCCUPATION County executive, Prince George's County, and associate professor, University of Maryland BIRTHDAY June 11, 1942 HOMETOWN University Park, Md. MARITAL STATUS Married with one son, Raymond SELF-PORTRAIT Quiet, even shy; independent; intelligent, a good father MOTTO "It's better to charge up the hill than to bleed to death in the trenches." - my motto for the 1990s WALTER MITTY FANTASY To win an Orioles or Yankee's game at the bottom of the ninth, two men out - home run. INSPIRATION Great presidential candidates: Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, Paul Tsongas - they all lost GREATEST FEAT Persuading Frances Anne Hughes, my wife of 16 years, to marry me after a five-year courtship BAD HABIT Not getting enough exercise PET PEEVE Politicians and media who appeal to people's most base instincts HOBBY Fishing and reading science fiction LUXURY DEFINED Two uninterrupted weeks with the family DRINK OR WINE Any good red wine FAVORITE RESTAURANT Chef's Secret in Greenbelt or any place with good ribs VACATION SPOT Martha's Vineyard TV PROGRAMS Any American League baseball game CAR IN GARAGE Two Oldsmobiles BOOKS AT BEDSIDE Osborne's "Reinventing Government" and Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz" (a re-reading) LAST WORDS "I kept my commitments, especially to my family." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM