Biography
A Representative from Florida. Born in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. , April 29, 1926. B. S. , Florida A&. M University, Tallahassee, Fla. , 1946. M. S. , University of Michigan, 1948. Educational administrator. Educational consultant. Board member, Health System-Health Planning Council, 1972-1975. Chair, city of Miami, Fla. , Park for People Program, 1973-1974. Board member, Minority Business Enterprise Committee on Transportation, 1978-1979. Member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1979-1983. Member of the Florida state senate, 1983-1993. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002. Died on November 28, 2021, in Miami, Fla.