Lois Capps

(wife of Walter Capps), a Representative from California; born in Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis., January 10, 1938; B.S., Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash., 1959; M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1964; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1990; nursing instructor; nurse administrator, Yale Hospital, New Haven, Conn.; director, Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Project and the Parent and Child Enrichment Center, Santa Barbara County, Calif.; instructor, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, Calif.; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative Walter Capps, and reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 10, 1998-present).