Candidate, U.S. House, District 25 in 2000. Native of Corpus Christi; owner/chairman, Technical Risks Inc., industrial insurance firm; board member, Sterling Bank, Texoil Inc., Boys and Girls Country and Escape Family Resource Center, provider of parenting courses to prevent child abuse. Attended U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 1969-71; BA, College of William & Mary, 1973. Wife, Camille; two children.