    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Page 215]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        JESSE HELMS, Republican, of Raleigh, NC; born in Monroe, NC, October
    18, 1921; attended Wingate College and Wake Forest College; U.S. Navy,
    1942-45; former city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assistant to
    U.S. Senator Willis Smith, 1951-53, and to U.S. Senator Alton Lennon,
    1953; executive director, North Carolina Bankers Association, 1953-60;
    executive vice president, WRAL-TV and Tobacco Radio Network, 1960-72;
    member, Raleigh City Council, chairman of Law and Finance Committee,
    1957-61; deacon and Sunday School teacher, Hayes Barton Baptist Church,
    Raleigh; recipient of two Freedom Foundation awards for radio-television
    editorials; recipient of annual citizenship awards from North Carolina
    American Legion, North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Raleigh
    Exchange Club; recipient of Outstanding Service Award of the Council
    Against Communist Aggression, the Richard Henry Lee Award, and the Order
    of Lafayette Freedom Award; former trustee, Meredith College, John F.
    Kennedy College, Delaware Law School, Campbell University, and Wingate
    College; president, Raleigh Rotary Club, 1969-70; 33rd degree Mason:
    Grand Orator, Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina, 1964-65, 1982,
    1991; member, board of directors, North Carolina Cerebral Palsy
    Hospital; member, board of directors of Camp Willow Run, a youth camp
    for Christ at Littleton, NC; married Dorothy Jane Coble of Raleigh,
    October 31, 1942; three children: Jane (Mrs. Charles R. Knox), Nancy
    (Mrs. John C. Stuart), and Charles; seven grandchildren; committees:
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; chairman, Foreign Relations; Rules
    and Administration; elected to the U.S. Senate, November 7, 1972, for
    the term ending January 3, 1979; reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990 and 1996.

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    403 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
     20510-3301............................................         224-6342
      Administrative Assistant.--James W.C. Broughton.
      Personal Secretary.--Patricia H. Devine.
    Century Post Office Building, P.O. Box 2888,
     Fayetteville Street Mall, Raleigh, NC 27602...........   (919) 856-4630
      Staff Director.--Frances P. Jones.
    Post Office Building, P.O. Box 2944, Hickory, NC 28603.   (704) 322-5170
      Staff Director.--Josephine R. Murray.