A Representative from Michigan; born in Flint, Genesee County, Mich., September 16, 1929; graduated from St. Marys High School, Flint, Mich., 1947; B.A., Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, Mich., 1952; teachers certificate, University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich., 1955; graduate work, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 1958-1959; M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1961; teacher; member of the Michigan state house of representatives, 1965-1974; member of the Michigan state senate, 1975-1976; delegate to Michigan state Democratic conventions, 1956-1977; delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1968 and 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-present).