Biography
A Representative from Missouri. Born in Kirkwood, Mo. , June 4, 1940. Attended parochial schools. A. B. , Benedictine College, Atchison, Kans. , 1962. J. D. , St. Louis University Law School, St. Louis, Mo. ,1965. Admitted to the Missouri State bar in 1965 and commenced practice in St. Louis County. Real estate developer. Member, Missouri house of representatives, 1972-1982. Delegate to the Republican National Conventions, 1964, 1980, 1988. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth and One Hundred First Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1991). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress. President, National Republican Institute for International Affairs. Died on March 6, 2020, in Washington, D. C.