Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 179-181]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
WILLIAM E. (BILL) BARRETT, Republican, of Lexington, NE; born in
Lexington on February 9, 1929; graduate of Lexington High School; B.A.,
Hastings College, Hastings, NE, 1951; classes at Universities of
Connecticut, Nebraska, and Colorado; served in the U.S. Navy, 1951-52;
career in real estate and insurance since 1956; president, Barrett-
Housel and Associates, Inc., 1970-90; appointed to Nebraska Unicameral
Legislature in 1979; elected to Nebraska Legislature in 1980, 1984,
1988; elected Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, 1987-90; named
Legislator of the Year by the National Republican Legislators
Association, 1990; named one of the five most influential State
legislators by the Lincoln Star, 1988; member: Lexington School Board,
1962-68; Lexington Planning Commission; Lexington Airport Authority;
Greater Lexington Development Corporation; organizational memberships:
Nebraska Association of Insurance Agents; National Association of
Insurance Agents; past president, Dawson County Board of Realtors; past
treasurer, Nebraska Realtors Association; Realtors National Marketing
Institute; American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers; National
Association of Realtors; National Association of Realtors' honorary
fraternity, Omega Tau Rho; certified instructor, Nebraska Real Estate
Commission; member: Nebraska Jaycees (past president); Lexington Rotary
Club (past president); American Legion; elder, Presbyterian Church;
trustee, Hastings College; married Elsie Carlson Barrett, 1952; four
children: William, David, Elizabeth, and Jane; committees: Agriculture,
Education and Labor; elected to the 102nd Congress, November 6, 1990;
reelected to each succeeding Congress.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/billbarrett
1213 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
20515-2703............................................ 225-6435
Administrative Assistant.--Jeralyn P. Finke.
Press Secretary.--Julie Ryan.
Scheduler/Office Manager.--Anna Castner.
312 West Third Street, Grand Island, NE 68801.......... (308) 381-5555
1811 Avenue A, Scottsbluff, NE 69361................... (308) 632-3333
Counties: Adams; Antelope; Arthur; Banner; Blaine; Boone; Box Butte;
Boyd; Brown; Buffalo; Chase; Cherry; Cheyenne; Clay; Custer;
Dawes; Dawson; Deuel; Dundy; Fillmore; Franklin; Frontier;
Furnas; Garden; Garfield; Gosper; Grant; Greeley; Hall;
Hamilton; Harlan; Hayes; Hitchcock; Holt; Hooker; Howard;
Jefferson; Kearney; Keith; Keya Paha; Kimball; Knox; Lincoln;
Logan; Loup; McPherson; Merrick; Morrill; Nance; Nuckolls;
Perkins; Phelps; Pierce; Platte;
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Polk; Red Willow; Rock; Scotts Bluff; Sheridan; Sherman; Sioux;
Thayer; Thomas; Valley; Webster; Wheeler. Population (1990),
525,521.
ZIP Codes: 68303, 68315-16, 68322, 68325-27, 68335, 68338, 68340-42,
68350-52, 68354, 68361-62, 68365, 68367, 68370-71, 68375, 68377,
68401, 68406, 68416, 68424, 68429, 68436, 68440, 68444, 68452-
53, 68464, 68601-02, 68620, 68622-23, 68625, 68627-28, 68630-31,
68634, 68636-38, 68640, 68642-44, 68647, 68651-55, 68660, 68662-
63, 68665-66, 68711, 68713-14, 68718-20, 68722, 68724-26, 68729-
30, 68734-35, 68737-38, 68742, 68746-47, 68752-53, 68755-56,
68758-61, 68763-67, 68769, 68771-73, 68777-78, 68780-81, 68783,
68786, 68789, 68801-03, 68810, 68812-29, 68831-38, 68840-44,
68846-48, 68850, 68852-56, 68858-66, 68868-76, 68878-83, 68901-
02, 68920, 68922-30, 68932-52, 68954-61, 68963-64, 68966-67,
68969-82, 69001, 69020-46, 69101, 69103, 69120-23, 69125, 69127-
35, 69138, 69140-57, 69161-63, 69165-71, 69201, 69210-12, 69214,
69216-21, 69301, 69331, 69333-37, 69339-41, 69343, 69345-58,
69360-61, 69363, 69365-67
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