Eddie Bernice Johnson

A Representative from Texas. Born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex. , December 3, 1934. Graduated from A. J. Moore High School, Waco, Tex. , 1952. Nursing certificate, St. Mary&rsquo. S College at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. , 1955. B. S. , Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Tex. , 1967. M. P. A. , Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. , 1976. Chief psychiatric nurse and psychotherapist, Veterans Administration hospital, Dallas, Tex. Member of the Texas state house of representatives, 1972-1977. Administrator, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-1981. Business owner. Member of the Texas state senate, 1986-1992. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2023). Chair, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022. Died on December 31, 2023, in Dallas, Tex. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.