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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