A Representative and Senator from Virginia; born in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Md., December 29, 1946; attended public and private schools in New Orleans, La., and Clarks Summit, Pa.; graduated, Hampden-Sydney College 1968; graduated, Washington and Lee Law School, Lexington, Va., 1971; admitted to the Virginia bar in 1971 and commenced practice in Alexandria; served as law clerk in the United States District Court for Eastern Virginia 1971-1972; assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia 1972-1974; Commonwealths attorney, Essex County, Va., 1974-1976; appointed to Virginia Law Enforcement Officers Training and Standards Commission 1976; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; reelected to the Ninety-sixth and Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1982, but was elected to the United States Senate for the term ending January 3, 1989; not a candidate for reelection in 1988; president, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, 1996-present. President of Christopher Newport University since 1996; U.S. Senator from 1983 to 1989; Member of U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983.