Biography
A Representative from Washington. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash. , July 29, 1941. Graduated from Bellevue High School, Bellevue, Wash. , 1959. Attended the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. , 1960-1962. B. A. , Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. , 1963. Systems engineer. Section supervisor, King County, Wash. , Department of Assessments, 1978-1980. Chair, Washington State Republican Party, 1981-1992. Member, United States delegations to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1984 and 1990. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993- January 3, 2005). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004. Died on September 5, 2007, in Alexandria, Va.