Jill L. Long

A Representative from Indiana. Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Ind. , July 15, 1952. Graduated from Columbia City Joint High School, Columbia City, Ind. B. S. , Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind. , 1974. M. B. A. , Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. , 1978. Ph. D. , Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. , 1984. Assistant instructor and lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1977-1980. Assistant professor Valparaiso University, 1981-1986, 1987-1988. Adjunct professor, Indiana University/Purdue University-Fort Wayne, 1987-1989. Member, Valparaiso, Ind. , city council, 1984-1986. Business consultant. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1986. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Daniel Ray Coats. Reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (March 28, 1989-January 3, 1995). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994. Fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass. Business executive. Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community Development, Department of Agriculture, 1995-2001. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.