Biography
A Representative from New York. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N. Y. , September 29, 1948. Graduated from Watertown High School, Watertown, N. Y. , 1966. B. A. , Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, N. Y. , 1970. M. P. A. , Nelson A. Rockefeller Graduate School of Public Affairs, New York State University, New York, N. Y. , 1977. Assistant to the city manager of Watertown, N. Y. , 1971-1976. Chief of research and liaison with local governments for New York state Senator H. Douglas Barclay, 1976-1985. Member of the New York state senate, 1985-1993. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the eight succeeding Congresses until his resignation on September 21, 2009 (January 3, 1993-September 21, 2009). Secretary of the Army, 2009-2015.