    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Pages 246-247]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        CHAKA FATTAH, Democrat, of Philadelphia, PA; born in Philadelphia;
    attended Overbrook High School, Community College of Philadelphia,
    University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School; M.A., University of
    Pennsylvania's Fels School of State and Local Government, 1986; Harvard
    University's John F. Kennedy School of Government; recognized for
    outstanding leadership in Time magazine, and in Ebony magazine as one of
    50 Future Leaders; recipient, Pennsylvania Public Interest Coalition's
    State Legislator of the Year Award; Pennsylvania State Senate, 1988-94;
    State House of Representatives, 1982-88; created the Jobs Project; in
    Pennsylvania House of Representatives, sponsored 1987 Employment
    Opportunities Act; supported Ben Franklin Technology Center, a conduit
    for securing government contracts for African-American and women-owned
    businesses; founded Graduate Opportunities Conference; chairman of the
    executive committee of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
    Agency; convened and led a task force, Child Development Initiative;
    supported measures to reform the Philadelphia Housing Authority; formed
    the Drug-Free Program; founded American Cities Conference and
    Foundation; trustee, Lincoln University and Community College of
    Philadelphia; member, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church; married to the former
    Patricia Renfroe, Esq.; three children; committees: Government Reform
    and Oversight, Education and the Workforce; subcommittees: Human
    Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, District of Columbia.

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