Ron Packard

A Representative from California. Born in Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, January 19, 1931. Attended Meridian Elementary School. Graduated from Meridian High School, Meridian, Idaho, 1948. Attended Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1948-1950. Attended Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 1952-1953. D. M. D. , University of Oregon Dental School, Portland, 1953-1957. United States Navy Dental Corps, lieutenant, 1957-1959. Dentist. Member of the Carlsbad City Council, Carlsbad, Calif. , 1976-1978. Elected mayor of Carlsbad, Calif. , 1978-1982. Elected as a Republican write-in candidate to the Ninety-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 2001). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000.