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Transfer Refund distribution from the Maryland State Employees'
Retirement System in 1989.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Some of the facts have been stipulated, and they are so
found. Petitioners resided in Oldtown, Maryland, at the time
that their petition was filed with the Court.
General Background
Petitioner Joe M. Brown (petitioner) was born in 1937. He
was hired by the Maryland State Highway Administration (Highway
Administration) in 1956, and he worked for the Highway
Administration until he retired, effective May 1, 1991.
For most of his career with the Highway Administration,
petitioner was employed as an engineering technician. As an
engineering technician, petitioner worked as a project engineer,
responsible for the construction of highways and bridges.
Petitioner's principal focus, at least during the latter stages
of his career, was the construction of bridges.
A project engineer is the State's construction engineering
representative who is directly in charge of a particular road-
building or bridge-building project. The State considers a
project engineer to be a key person of the team assigned to such
a project.
The responsibilities of a project engineer include many
duties that are supervisory in nature. For example, a project
engineer must supervise the activities and performance of
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