Biography
A Representative from Virginia. Born in Winchester, Frederick County, Va. , May 14, 1916. Attended the public schools of Winchester, Va. B. S. , Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. , 1937. Served as infantryman in the United States Army, 1941-1945. Discharged with the rank of major. Elected to the Virginia State senate in 1965. Reelected to a four-year term in 1967. Chairman, Republican delegation to the 1968 and 1969 general assembly. Orchardist and fruit packer with real estate and other business interests in the Winchester area. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1985). Did not seek reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress. Was a resident of Winchester, Va. , until his death there on April 8, 1990. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester City, Va.