William W. Cobey

A Representative from North Carolina. Born in Washington, D. C. , May 13, 1939. Attended high school in Hyattsville, Md. Was graduated from Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. , in 1962, received an M. B. A. From the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1964. Worked as a bank administrative assistant 1964-1965 and as a chemical salesman 1965-1966. Received a M. Ed. In health and physical education from the University of Pittsburgh in 1968. Physical education instructor 1967-1968, academic counselor and assistant athletic business manager 1968-1971, assistant athletic director, 1971-1976, and director of athletics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1976-1980. Unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 1980. Chairman of the Taxpayers Educational Coalition 1980-1982. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982. President of Cobey &. Associates 1982-1984. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth Congress (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1987). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986. Deputy secretary, North Carolina department of transportation, 1987- 1989. Secretary, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, 1989-1993. Chairman, North Carolina state Republican Party, 1999-2003. Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of North Carolina in 2004. Is a resident of Chapel Hill, N. C.