A Representative from Virginia; born in Baltimore, Md., June 9, 1927; graduated from John Marshall High School, Richmond, Va., 1944; B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1949; United States Navy, 1945-1946; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1974-1982; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-March 29, 2001); died on March 29, 2001, in Richmond, Va.; interment in Temple Beth-El Cemetery, Richmond, Va.