A Representative from Oklahoma; born in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., November 8, 1941; attended public schools in Oklahoma and Texas; B.S., Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1968; member, United States Army Reserves, 1966-1971; pharmacist; rancher; owner of a real estate company; member, Oklahoma house of representatives, 1983-1990; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the two succeeding congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996.