Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 50-51]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, Democrat, of La Puente, CA; born in Miami, 
AZ, January 27, 1930; moved to East Los Angeles in 1936; graduated from 
James A. Garfield High School in 1949; studied under GI Bill, Los 
Angeles Art Center, 1953; East Los Angeles College, 1959; California 
State University at Los Angeles, 1963; postgraduate studies, University 
of Maryland, 1965, economics; American University, 1966, international 
relations; Honorary Doctorate Degree, National University, San Diego, 
1987; married the former Arcy Sanchez of Los Angeles, January 22, 1955; 
five children: Carmen (Ms. Raul Garcia), Rena, Camille, Selina, and 
Steve; enlisted in U.S. Army, 1949; honorably discharged as a Korean 
conflict veteran in 1953 (stationed in Germany) with the rank of 
sergeant first class; employed by the Chrysler Corporation, Los Angeles, 
1954; elected chief shop steward, 1958, United Auto Workers UAW Local 
230; appointed UAW organizer, western region 6; appointed international 
representative, UAW, Washington, DC, office, 1963; director, UAW Inter-
American Bureau for Caribbean and Latin American Affairs, 1964-68; 
returned to Los Angeles, cofounded The East Los Angeles Community Union 
(TELACU); served as chief executive officer, TELACU, 1968-74; member, 
Los Angeles County Commission on Economic Development, 1970-72; 
commissioner, Mexican American Education Commission, 1970-72; president, 
Congress Mexican American Unity, 1969-70; president, Plaza de la Raza 
Cultural Center, 1973; vice president, National Congress for Community 
Economic Development, 1974; board of visitors, School of Architecture, 
UCLA, 1973-74; resigned TELACU; candidate for U.S. Congress, 30th 
Congressional District, 1974, San Gabriel Valley, CA; consultant, 
Committee to Incorporate East Los Angeles; member, Citizens National 
Committee on Broadcasting, 1975; appointed by UAW President Leonard 
Woodcock as assistant director of UAW International Affairs Department, 
Washington, DC; delegate and consultant to international trade union 
conferences, Latin America and Western Europe; delegate to IMF Central 
Committee meetings, Geneva, Switzerland; consultant, U.S. Congress 
Office of Technology Assessment, 1976; presidential appointment and U.S. 
Senate confirmation as U.S. Permanent Representative to United Nations 
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with rank 
of Ambassador, Paris, France, 1977; chairman, Geneva Group, 1978; 
delegate and vice president to UNESCO General Conference, Paris, 1978; 
elected to UNESCO Executive Board, 1978; appointed special assistant to 
President Jimmy Carter; director, White House Office of Hispanic 
Affairs, 1979; affiliations include: trustee, American College in Paris; 
trustee, Florida International University School of Business and 
Organizational Sciences; U.S. Commission for UNESCO; U.S. Committee for 
UNICEF; Pan-American Development Foundation; Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
VFW Post 6315, Pico Rivera, CA; elected to the 98th Congress, November 
2, 1982; reelected to each succeeding Congress; chairman, Congressional 
Hispanic Caucus, 1987; appointed official observer, Geneva Arms 
Reduction Talks, 1986-90; Democratic deputy whip; member, Committee on 
Appropriations; Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs.


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2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC                      
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  Chief of Staff.--Albert S. Jacquez.                      FAX: 225-9711
  Legislative Director/Systems Manager.--Phil Alperson.                 
  Press Secretary.--Roderic Olvera Young.                               
  Executive Assistant.--Lisa Esquivel.                                  
8819 Whittier Boulevard, Suite 101, Pico Rivera, CA                     
 90660.................................................   (310) 695-0702
  Chief of Staff.--James Casso.                            FAX: 692-2216
                                                                        

County: Los Angeles County; cities of Bassett, Industry, East Los 
        Angeles, Hacienda Heights, Los Nietos, La Puente, Montebello, 
        Norwalk, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Valinda, and Whittier. 
        Population (1990), 573,047.
ZIP Codes: 90022 (part), 90040 (part), 90063 (part), 90601, 90602 
        (part), 90604 (part), 90605 (part), 90606-08, 90610, 90638 
        (part), 90640, 90650 (part), 90651-52, 90659, 90660 (part), 
        90661, 90665, 90670 (part), 90701 (part), 91706 (part), 91715-
        16, 91744 (part), 91745 (part), 91746-47, 91748 (part), 91749, 
        91770 (part), 91790 (part), 91792 (part)