Joel M Hefley

A Representative from Colorado; born in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., April 18, 1935; B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla., 1957; M.S., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 1962; Gates Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984; management consultant; executive director, Community Planning and Research Council, 1966-1986; executive director, Pikes Peak Health Planning, 1971-1973; member of the Colorado state house of representatives, 1977-1978; member of the Colorado state senate, 1979-1986; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 2007); chair, Committee on Standards (One Hundred Seventh and One Hundred Eighth Congresses); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006.