William J. Scherle

A Representative from Iowa. Born in Little Falls, Herkimer County, N. Y. , March 14, 1923. Graduated from St. Mary's Academy New York, N. Y. Attended Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Dallas, Tex. , 1945-1947. United States Navy, 1942-1946, United States Naval Reserve, 1947-1954. Assistant division manager with George D. Barnard Co. , Dallas, Tex. , 1947. Became a grain and livestock farmer, 1948. Chair, Mills County Republican Central committee, 1956-1964. Member of the State house of representatives, 1960-1966. Elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Deputy administrator, United States Department of Agriculture, 1975-1977. President of a consulting firm in Washington, D. C. , 1977-1987. Died on August 27, 2003, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.