James M. Collins

A Representative from Texas. Born in Hallsville, Dallas County, Tex. , April 29, 1916. Attended high school in Dallas, Tex. B. S. C. , Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. , 1937. M. B. A. , Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. , 1938. C. L. U. , American College, 1940. M. B. A. , Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1943. United States Army. United States Army Engineers. One and one-half years in the European Theater, participated in the Normandy invasion and fought in France, Belgium, and Germany. Business executive. White House Conference on Youth, regional chairman, 1955. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Joseph R. Pool. Reelected to seven succeeding Congresses (August 24, 1968-January 3, 1983). Not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate. Died on July 21, 1989, in Dallas, Tex. Interment in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.