Parren J. Mitchell

A Representative from Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Md. , April 29, 1922. Attended Baltimore public schools. A. B. , Morgan State College, 1950. M. A. , University of Maryland, College Park, 1952. Served in the United States Army, Ninety-second Infantry Division, commissioned officer and company commander, 1942-1945. Received Purple Heart award. Professor of sociology and assistant director, Urban Studies Institute, Morgan State College. Executive secretary, Maryland Human Relations Commission, 1963-1965. Director, Baltimore Community Action Agency, 1965-1968. Supervisor, probation work, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1954-1957. President, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. , 1969-1970. Delegate, Maryland State Democratic convention, 1972. Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1987). Chairman, Committee on Small Business (Ninety-seventh, Ninety-eighth, and Ninety-ninth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1986. Died on May 28, 2007, in Baltimore, Md. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.