Biography
A Representative from Kansas. Born in Lincoln, Nebr. , July 20, 1928. Attended public schools in Superior, Nebr. , and William Woods College, Fulton, Mo. B. A. , University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1951. Advertising and public relations assistant for radio station in Omaha and a department store in Lincoln, Nebr. , 1951-1954. City councilwoman in Overland Park, Kans. , 1967-1972. City council, 1970-1972. Kansas senate, 1972-1984. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1997). Chairman, Committee on Small Business (One Hundred Fourth Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress. Died on June 21, 2019, in Merriam, Kans.