James K. Coyne

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va. , November 17, 1946. Graduated from Abington High School, Abington, Pa. , 1964. B. S. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1968. M. B. A. , Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1970. Businessman. Consultant. Lecturer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1974-1979. President, Coyne Chemical Corp. , 1971-1981. Supervisor, Upper Makefield Township, 1980. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982. Director, White House Office of Private Sector Initiatives, 1983-1985. Chief executive officer, American Consulting Engineers Council, 1985-1986. President, American Tort Reform Association, 1986-1988. Is a resident of Newtown, Pa.