James Kitchenman Coyne III

A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., November 17, 1946; graduated from Abington High School, Abington, Pa., 1964; B.S., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1968; M.B.A., Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass., 1970; businessman; consultant; lecturer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 1974-1979; president, Coyne Chemical Corp., 1971-1981; supervisor, Upper Makefield Township, 1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; director, White House Office of Private Sector Initiatives, 1983-1985; chief executive officer, American Consulting Engineers Council, 1985-1986; president, American Tort Reform Association, 1986-1988; is a resident of Newtown, Pa.