Claudine Schneider

A Representative from Rhode Island. Born Claudine Cmarada in Clairton, Pa. , March 25, 1947. Attended parochial schools. Studied at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and Rosemont College (Pa. ). B. A. , Windham College (Vt. ), 1969. Attended University of Rhode Island School of Community Planning. Founder, Rhode Island Committee on Energy, 1973. Executive director, Conservation Law Foundation, 1974. Federal coordinator, Rhode Island Coastal Zone Management Program, 1978. Producer and host of public affairs television program, Providence, R. I. , 1978-1979. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress but was an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Senate. Member of the faculty, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Is a resident of Narragansett, R. I.