Biography
A Representative from New Hampshire. Born in Abington, Montgomery County, Pa. , December 2, 1942. Attended schools in Fort Washington, Pa. Graduated, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, 1960. Attended Wesleyan University, 1960-1962. B. A. , University of New Hampshire, 1965. J. D. , Boston University School of Law, 1968. Colonel, New Hampshire Army National Guard, 1968 to 1991. Admitted to the bar in 1968 and commenced practice in Manchester, N. H. , 1970-1974. Legal counsel and legislative counsel to Governor Meldrim Thomson, Jr. , 1973-1974. Associate justice, New Hampshire superior court, 1974-1976. Associate justice, New Hampshire supreme court, 1977-1983 and senior justice, 1983-1985. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First Congress (January 3, 1989-January 3, 1991). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress. Is a resident of Concord, N. H.