Gilbert Gude

A Representative from Maryland. Born in Washington, D. C. , March 9, 1923. Educated in the public schools of Rockville, Md. , and Washington, D. C. Attended University of Maryland. B. S. , Cornell University, 1948. M. S. , George Washington University, 1958. Served in the United States Army Medical Department from 1943 to 1946, Pacific Theater. Appointed to Maryland house of delegates in January 1953. Elected to Maryland house of delegates in 1954 and served until 1958. Elected to the Republican State central committee in 1958. Elected to the Maryland senate in 1962 and served until 1968. Delegate, Republican State convention, 1952. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1977). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Congressional observer, U. N. Conference on Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972. Director of the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service, 1977-1985. Member and former chairman, Consultative Committee of Experts, International Centre for Parliamentary Documentation, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva. Died on June 7, 2007, in Washington, D. C.