Joe M. and Patricia M. Brown - Page 5

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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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