Bill Emerson

A Representative from Missouri. Born in St. Louis, Jefferson County, Mo. , January 1, 1938. Raised in Jefferson County and attended public schools in Hillsboro. Served as a page in the United States House of Representatives in the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses. Graduated from United States Capitol Page School, Washington, D. C. , 1955. B. A. , Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. , 1959. Attended University of Missouri Law School, Columbia, 1960. LL. B. , University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md. , 1964. United States Air Force Reserve, captain, 1964-1992. Special assistant to United States Representative Robert F. Ellsworth, 1961-1965. Special assistant to United States Representative and Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. , 1965-1970. Director, government relations, Fairchild Industries, 1970-1973. Director, public affairs, Interstate Natural Gas Association, 1974-1975. Executive assistant to chairman, Federal Election Commission, 1975. Director, federal relations, TRW, Inc. , 1975-1979. President, N. William Emerson and Associates, government relations consultants, 1979-1980. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-June 22, 1996). Died on June 22, 1996, in Bethesda, Md. Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Mo.