A Representative from New York; born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, September 26, 1936; graduated from Lima Central High School, Lima, Ohio; B.A., Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1958; M.A., Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y., 1985; biomedical researcher, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass., and New England Institute for Medical Research; teacher; staff for United States Representative Hamilton Fish of New York; patient advocate, emergency room, St. Lukes Hospital, N.Y.; adjunct professor, Graduate Program in Health Advocacy, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y.; certified New York ombudsman for nursing homes; member, New York Republican family committee; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2007); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006.