    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Pages 222-223]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        MELVIN WATT, Democrat, of Charlotte, NC; born in Charlotte on August
    26, 1945; graduated, York Road High School, Charlotte, 1963; B.S.,
    business adminisration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967;
    J.D., Yale University Law School, New Haven, CT, 1970; attorney;
    admitted to the District of Columbia bar, 1970, admitted to the North
    Carolina bar, 1971; began practice with Chambers, Stein, Ferguson and
    Becton, 1971-92; North Carolina State Senate, 1985-86; life member:
    NAACP; member: Mount Olive Presbyterian Church; Mecklenburg County Bar
    Association, past president; Johnston C. Smith University Board of
    Visitors; Central Piedmont Community College Foundation; North Carolina
    Association of Black Lawyers; North Carolina Association of Trial
    Lawyers; Legal Aid of Southern Piedmont; NationsBank Community
    Development Corporation; Charlotte Chamber of Commerce; Sports Action
    Council; Auditorium-Coliseum-Civic Center Authority; United Way; Mint
    Museum; Inroads, Inc.; Family Housing Services; Public Education Forum;
    Dilworth Community Development Association; Cities in Schools; West
    Charlotte Business Incubator; Housing Authority Scholarship Board;
    Morehead Scholarship Selection Committee, Forsyth Region; married the
    former Eulada Paysour, 1968; two children: Brian and Jason; elected on
    November 3, 1992 to the 103rd Congress; reelected to each succeeding
    Congress.

                      Office Listings
                http://www.house.gov/watt    melmail@hr.house.gov

    1230 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
     20515-3312............................................         225-1510
      Administrative Assistant.--Joan Kennedy.                 FAX: 225-1512
    214 North Church Street, Suite 130, Charlotte, NC 28202   (704) 344-9950
                                                               FAX: 344-9971
    315 East Chapel Hill, Suite 202, Durham, NC 27701......   (919) 688-3004
                                                               FAX: 688-0940
    301 South Green Street, Suite 210, Greensboro, NC 27401   (910) 379-9403
      District Director.--Don Baker.                           FAX: 379-9429

    Counties: Alamance County; cities and townships of Altamahau,
            Burlington, Elon College, Graham, Haw River, and Mebane.
            Davidson County; cities of Lexington, Rougemont, and Welcome.
            Durham County; cities of Bahama and Durham. Forsyth County;
            cities of Kernersville and Winston-Salem. Gaston County; cities
            of Gastonia and Lowell. Guilford County; cities and townships of
            Gibsonville, Greensboro, High Point, Jamestown, McLeansville,
            and Whitsett. Iredell County; cities and townships of
            Mooresville, Troutman, and Statesville. Mecklenburg County;
            cities and townships of Charlotte, Davidson, Huntersville, and
            Pineville. Orange County; city of Hillsborough. Rowan County;
            cities and townships of Cleveland, East Spencer, Salisbury,
            Spencer, Thomasville, and Woodleaf. Population (1990), 552,387.
    ZIP Codes: 27013 (part), 27054, 27101 (part), 27102, 27105 (part), 27107
            (part), 27108, 27120, 27127 (part), 27202, 27217 (part), 27244
            (part), 27249 (part), 27253 (part), 27258 (part), 27260 (part),
            27262 (part), 27265 (part), 27278 (part), 27282 (part), 27284
            (part), 27292 (part), 27293, 27301 (part), 27302 (part), 27360
            (part), 27374, 27377 (part), 27401 (part), 27402, 27403 (part),
            27405 (part), 27406 (part), 27407 (part), 27408 (part), 27415,
            27417, 27420, 27438, 27455, 27503, 27541, 27572 (part), 27701
            (part), 27703 (part), 27704 (part), 27705 (part), 27706 (part),
            27707 (part), 27709, 27712 (part), 27713 (part), 27717, 27722,
            28012 (part), 28036 (part), 28039, 28052 (part), 28054 (part),
            28078 (part), 28098 (part), 28115 (part), 28134 (part), 28144
            (part), 28146 (part), 28159, 28166 (part), 28202 (part), 28203
            (part), 28204 (part), 28205 (part), 28206, 28207 (part), 28208
            (part), 28209 (part), 28210 (part), 28211 (part), 28213 (part),
            28214 (part), 28215 (part), 28216 (part), 28217 (part), 28219,
            28241, 28244, 28246, 28262 (part), 28266, 28269 (part), 28273
            (part), 28280-81, 28284, 28677 (part)

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