Walter Capps

A Representative from California. Born in Omaha, Nebr. , May 5, 1934. B. S. , Portland State University, Portland, Oreg. , 1958. B. D. , Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Ill. ,1960. S. T. M. , Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. , 1961. M. A. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1963. Ph. D, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. ,1965. Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif. , 1964-1996. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth Congress and served from January 3, 1997, until his death of a heart attack at Dulles Airport on October 28, 1997. Interment in Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.