Biography
A Representative from West Virginia. Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. , March 21, 1935. Attended the public schools. Graduated, The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. , 1953. B. A. , Princeton University, 1959. Graduated, Graham School for Cattlemen, Graham, Kans. , 1962. Dairy farmer. Chairman, West Virginia Board of Probation and Parole, 1974-1975. Commissioner, finance and administration, State of West Virginia, 1975-1977. Chairman, West Virginia State Republican Executive Committee, 1977-1980. Delegate, West Virginia State Republican conventions, 1964-1976. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1984. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983). Not a candidate for reelection in 1982 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984. Deputy assistant secretary, U. S. Department of Energy, 1983. Chairman, R. S. M. , Inc. , Washington, D. C. , 1985-1986. West Virginia State commissioner of agriculture, 1989-1993. Unsuccessful candidate for governor of West Virginia in 1992. Is a resident of Lewisburg, W. Va.
