Mel Reynolds

A Representative from Illinois; born in Mound Bayou, Boliver County, Miss., January 8, 1952; A.A., Chicago City College, 1972; B.A., University of Illinois, 1974; LL.B., Oxford University, 1979; M.P.A., Harvard University, 1986; assistant professor of political science, Roosevelt University; founder and former president, American Scholars Against World Hunger; executive director, Community Economic Development Education Foundation; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1988 to the One Hundred First Congress and in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and One Hundred Fourth Congresses, and served from January 3, 1993, until his resignation on October 1, 1995.