Obituaries

He wrote three books on public policy, "Nation-States: Concert or Chaos" (2003), "Economic Assistance and Security: Rethinking U.S. Policy" (1982) and "Models of Rural Development Administration" (1968), as well as a number of scholarly articles.

Later in life, he formed a family horse-racing enterprise and chose the breeding for the eventual horse of the year, Donald's Pride, at Charles Town Race Track in Charles Town, W.Va.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Edrie Penelope Sellick Hough of Bethesda; four children, Clayton Lee Hough of Potomac, Penelope Anne Abrecht of Towson, Md., Stanley Lee Hough of York, Pa., and Amy Sellick Gaynor of Derwood; and 10 grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

James E. OrlandoPostal Service Official

James Edward Orlando, 68, who spent 30 years working for the U.S. Postal Service before retiring in 1997 as director of the transportation and international services office, died June 7 at the University of Maryland hospital in Baltimore after a stroke.

Mr. Orlando had responsibility for worldwide movement of U.S. mail by all methods of transportation. He had a leading logistical role determining what happens to mail after bomb threats aboard aircraft and other air disasters.

He was born in Washington and raised in suburban Maryland. He was a 1957 graduate of Northwestern High School in Hyattsville and a 1963 graduate of the University of Maryland.

He was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War and later retired from the Maryland Air National Guard at the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He lived in Highland, a community in Howard County.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Christl Roetschke Orlando of Highland; two children, Kevin M. Orlando and Jeannette Bingaman, both of Mount Airy; a brother; and four grandchildren.