    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Pages 50-51]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, Democrat, of La Puente, CA; born in Miami,
    AZ, January 27, 1930; moved to East Los Angeles in 1936; graduated from
    James A. Garfield High School in 1949; studied under GI Bill, Los
    Angeles Art Center, 1953; East Los Angeles College, 1959; California
    State University at Los Angeles, 1963; postgraduate studies, University
    of Maryland, 1965, economics; American University, 1966, international
    relations; Honorary Doctorate Degree, National University, San Diego,
    1987; married the former Arcy Sanchez of Los Angeles, January 22, 1955;
    five children: Carmen (Ms. Raul Garcia), Rena, Camille, Selina, and
    Steve; enlisted in U.S. Army, 1949; honorably discharged as a Korean
    conflict veteran in 1953 (stationed in Germany) with the rank of
    sergeant first class; employed by the Chrysler Corporation, Los Angeles,
    1954; elected chief shop steward, 1958, United Auto Workers UAW Local
    230; appointed UAW organizer, western region 6; appointed international
    representative, UAW, Washington, DC, office, 1963; director, UAW Inter-
    American Bureau for Caribbean and Latin American Affairs, 1964-68;
    returned to Los Angeles, cofounded The East Los Angeles Community Union
    (TELACU); served as chief executive officer, TELACU, 1968-74; member,
    Los Angeles County Commission on Economic Development, 1970-72;
    commissioner, Mexican American Education Commission, 1970-72; president,
    Congress Mexican American Unity, 1969-70; president, Plaza de la Raza
    Cultural Center, 1973; vice president, National Congress for Community
    Economic Development, 1974; board of visitors, School of Architecture,
    UCLA, 1973-74; resigned TELACU; candidate for U.S. Congress, 30th
    Congressional District, 1974, San Gabriel Valley, CA; consultant,
    Committee to Incorporate East Los Angeles; member, Citizens National
    Committee on Broadcasting, 1975; appointed by UAW President Leonard
    Woodcock as assistant director of UAW International Affairs Department,
    Washington, DC; delegate and consultant to international trade union
    conferences, Latin America and Western Europe; delegate to IMF Central
    Committee meetings, Geneva, Switzerland; consultant, U.S. Congress
    Office of Technology Assessment, 1976; presidential appointment and U.S.
    Senate confirmation as U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations
    Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with rank
    of Ambassador, Paris, France, 1977; chairman, Geneva Group, 1978;
    delegate and vice president to UNESCO General Conference, Paris, 1978;
    elected to UNESCO Executive Board, 1978; appointed special assistant to
    President Jimmy Carter; director, White House Office of Hispanic
    Affairs, 1979; affiliations include: trustee, American College in Paris;
    trustee, Florida International University School of Business and
    Organizational Sciences; U.S. Commission for UNESCO; U.S. Committee for
    UNICEF; Pan-American Development Foundation; Veterans of Foreign Wars,
    VFW Post 6315, Pico Rivera, CA; elected to the 98th Congress, November
    2, 1982; reelected to each succeeding Congress; chairman, Congressional
    Hispanic Caucus, 1987; appointed official observer, Geneva Arms
    Reduction Talks, 1986-90; Democratic deputy whip; member, Committee on
    Appropriations; Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and
    Related Programs.

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      Legislative Director/Systems Manager.--Phil Alperson.
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    County: Los Angeles County; cities of Bassett, Industry, East Los
            Angeles, Hacienda Heights, Los Nietos, La Puente, Montebello,
            Norwalk, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Valinda, and Whittier.
            Population (1990), 573,047.
    ZIP Codes: 90022 (part), 90040 (part), 90063 (part), 90601, 90602
            (part), 90604 (part), 90605 (part), 90606-08, 90610, 90638
            (part), 90640, 90650 (part), 90651-52, 90659, 90660 (part),
            90661, 90665, 90670 (part), 90701 (part), 91706 (part), 91715-
            16, 91744 (part), 91745 (part), 91746-47, 91748 (part), 91749,
            91770 (part), 91790 (part), 91792 (part)