Willis D. Gradison Jr.

A Representative from Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 28, 1928. Attended the elementary and secondary schools in Cincinnati. B. A. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1949. M. B. A. , Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass. , 1951. D. C. S. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1954. Investment broker. Assistant to the Under Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1953-1955. Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955-1957. Member, Cincinnati city council, 1961-1974. Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1971. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on January 31, 1993, (January 3, 1975-January 31, 1993). Professional advocate.