A Representative from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., August 10, 1939; attended the public schools; A.B., Davidson (N.C.) College, 1961; LL.B., University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, 1964; admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1964 and commenced practice in Raleigh; chief district court prosecutor for the Twelfth Judicial District, 1967-1970; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1997); chairman, Joint Committee on Printing (One Hundred Second Congress), Committee on House Administration (One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress.