A Representative from Florida; born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., February 4, 1944; attended Horace Mann School, Binghamton, N.Y., 1950; graduated, Miami Edison High School, Fla., 1961; attended the University of Florida, Gainesville, 1961; B.A., Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 1966; teacher, Palm Beach, Fla., and Montgomery County, Md., 1966-1968; administrative assistant to Rep. Paul G. Rogers, 1968-1978; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989); was not a candidate for reelection in 1988 but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; is a resident of West Palm Beach, Fla. For a decade prior to taking office Mica served as Chief of Staff for his predecessor, Congressman Paul G. Rogers (D-FL). He recently completed a fourteen year tenure as President and CEO of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), the leading trade association representing the nation’s 9,000 credit unions and credit union leagues in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Mica assumed his duties at CUNA in July 1996, a time of major internal and external challenge for the association.