Biography
A Representative from Kansas. Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kans. , April 29, 1926. Attended public schools. B. S. , Kansas State University, 1951. Ensign, United States Navy, 1944- 1947. Informational counsel, Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Associate farm director of a radio and television station in Topeka, Kans. Agricultural representative of a bank in Hutchinson, Kans. President, chairman of the board, Home State Bank, McPherson, Kans. , 1969- present. Member, Kansas State Republican Executive Committee. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1988. Republican Party chair, Fifth Congressional District, 1986 to 1990. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Second Congress (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1993). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress. Is a resident of McPherson, Kans. Died on March 7, 2019 in McPherson, Kans.