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EMERSON, Norvell William (Bill), (husband of Jo Ann Emerson),
a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Jefferson County,
Mo., January 1, 1938; raised in Jefferson County and attended public schools in
Hillsboro; served as a page in the United States House of Representatives in
the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses; graduated from United States
Capitol Page School, Washington, D.C., 1955; B.A., Westminster College, Fulton,
Mo., 1959; attended University of Missouri Law School, Columbia, 1960; LL.B.,
University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md., 1964; United States Air Force Reserve,
captain, 1964-1992; special assistant to United States Representative Robert F.
Ellsworth, 1961-1965; special assistant to United States Representative and
Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., 1965-1970; director, government relations,
Fairchild Industries, 1970-1973; director, public affairs, Interstate Natural
Gas Association, 1974-1975; executive assistant to chairman, Federal Election
Commission, 1975; director, federal relations, TRW, Inc., 1975-1979; president,
N. William Emerson and Associates, government relations consultants, 1979-1980;
elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the seven succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1981-June 22, 1996); died on June 22, 1996, in Bethesda,
Md.
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