    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Page 195]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        JOE R. SKEEN, Republican, of Picacho, NM; born in Roswell, NM, June
    30, 1927; B.S., engineering, Texas A&M University, 1950; served in the
    U.S. Navy, 1945-46; U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1949-52; soil and water
    engineer, Zuni and Ramah Navajo Indians, 1951, returning to the family
    sheep ranching operation in Lincoln County, NM, which was purchased from
    his grandmother; operated a flying service, Ruidoso, NM; member, New
    Mexico State Senate, 1960-70, serving as minority leader for six years;
    served three years as State Republican chairman; Republican nominee for
    lieutenant governor, 1970, and GOP nominee for governor, 1974 and 1978;
    elected to Congress from New Mexico's Second District as a write-in
    candidate, 1980, after the incumbent died in office and the Republican
    Party was denied a place on the ballot by the courts; member: New Mexico
    Woolgrowers Association; New Mexico Cattle Growers Association; New
    Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau; Conquistadore Council, Boy Scouts of
    America; Elks; Eagles; married to the former Mary Helen Jones, two
    children: Lisa and Mike; Catholic; elected to the 97th Congress,
    November 4, 1980; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings

    2367 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
     20515-3102............................................         225-2365
      Administrative Assistant.--Suzanne Eisold.               FAX: 225-9599
      Executive Assistant/Office Manager.--Lin Rhode.
      Press Secretary.--Sherry Kiesling.
    Federal Building, Room 257, Roswell, NM 88201..........   (505) 622-0055
    1065-B, South Main, Suite A, Las Cruces, NM 88005......   (505) 527-1771

    Counties: Bernalillo (part), Catron, Chaves, Cibola (part), DeBaca, Dona
            Ana, Eddy; Grant, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero,
            Sierra, Socorro, and Valencia (part). Population (1990),
            504,659.
    ZIP Codes: 87002 (part), 87006-07, 87011, 87014, 87020 (part), 87022-23,
            87026, 87028, 87031 (part), 87034, 87038, 87040, 87042, 87049-
            51, 87055, 87062, 87068, 87105, 87185, 87711, 87724, 87801,
            87815, 87820-21, 87823-25, 87827-32, 87901, 87930-33, 87935-37,
            87939-43, 88001-06, 88008-09, 88011-12, 88020-34, 88036, 88038-
            49, 88052-56, 88058, 88061-63, 88065, 88072, 88114, 88119,
            88134, 88136, 88201-02, 88210-11, 88213 88220-21, 88230-32,
            88240-41, 88250, 88252-56, 88260, 88262-68, 88301, 88310-12,
            88314, 88316-18, 88323-25, 88330, 88336-54, 88417, 88431-32,
            88435