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Biography of Richard J. Ochs

 I have been active in the community on social, economic and environmental issues for over 40 years. This ranges from researching, planning, to teaching and hands-on work.

Civic Advocacy:

  •  Director of the Maryland Safe Energy Coalition, 1990-2006. Testified against deregulation of BGE before the Public Service Commission in 1995.
  • Currently organizing a coalition to stop germ warfare expansion at Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md. (See website: www.freefromterror.net)
  • Board of Directors, Aberdeen Proving Ground Superfund Citizens Coalition, 1997-2002. President of APGSSC one year. Goal: environmental cleanup.
  • Board of Directors, Herring Run Watershed Association, 1995-2000. Mission: restoration of stream health by planting trees, testing water, cleaning trash.
  • Elected Shop Steward of welders and burners, Local 24, Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Key Highway, 1976-79.
  • P.G. County Congress of Racial Equality. Testing for equal accommodations, 1962-63.

Employment:

  • Currently retired.
  • Self-employed at Workers Action Press, a union printing service for Baltimore's non-profit organizations, 1985-2000.
  • Lithographer at Progressive Offset, Baltimore, 1982-85.
  • Welder at Bethlehem Steel repair yard, Key Highway, 1972-82.
  • Radioisotopes and health physics technician at W.R.Grace Research Lab, Clarksville, Md. 1961-63.

Formal Education:

  • Baltimore City College, A course, 1953-57.
  • Muhlenberg College, physics major, Allentown, Pa. 1959-61.(completed courses in Atomic and Nuclear physics)
  • University of Maryland, history and political science split majors, 1962-64.
  • J.H.U. Adult Education night school course, "The causes of WWIII," by C. Wright Mills.
  • Catonsville Community College, lithography, 1982


 

 

 

 

 

 


Richard Ochs, 1443 Gorsuch Rd., Baltimore, MD 21218, 410-254-8674
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