Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
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    LOUIS STOKES, Democrat, of Shaker Heights, OH; born in Cleveland, 
OH, February 23, 1925, son of Charles and Louise Stokes, both deceased; 
educated at Cleveland College of Western Reserve University, 1946-48; 
Cleveland Marshall Law School, 1948-53, Juris Doctor degree; veteran of 
U.S. Army, 1943-46, honorably discharged; practicing attorney in 
Cleveland, OH, since 1954; numerous civic awards including Cleveland 
Branch, NAACP, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; past chairman, 
Ohio State Bar Association Criminal Justice Committee; past chairman, 
Congressional Black Caucus; past president: Congressional Black Caucus 
Foundation; board of trustees, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for 
Social Change: executive committee, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party; 
lectured and wrote articles for universities and bar associations; 
member of numerous civic and legal organizations; Methodist, St. Paul 
A.M.E. Zion Church; married Jeanette (Jay) Francis; four children: 
Shelley, Angela, Louis C., and Lorene; brother of the late Carl B. 
Stokes, former mayor of Cleveland, OH, and Ambassador to the Republic of 
Seychelles; elected to the 91st Congress, November 5, 1968; reelected to 
each succeeding Congress; member: Committee on Appropriations; 
subcommittees: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
District of Columbia; ranking minority member, VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies; former chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence; Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics 
Committee); House Select Committee on Assassinations.

                  Office Listings                                       
                                                                        
2365 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC                      
 20515-3511............................................         225-7032
  Administrative Assistant.--Fredette West.                FAX: 225-1339
  Personal Secretary.--Sallie Bell.                                     
3645 Warrensville Center Road, Suite 204, Shaker                        
 Heights, OH 44122.....................................   (216) 522-4900
  District Manager.--Jewell Gilbert.                                    
                                                                        

County: Cuyahoga County (part). Cities: Beachwood (part), Bedford 
        Heights, Brooklyn (part), Cleveland (part), Cleveland Heights, 
        East Cleveland, Euclid, Garfield Heights (part), Linndale, Maple 
        Heights (part), Oakwood (part), Orange, Richmond Heights (part), 
        Shaker Heights, South Euclid, University Heights, Warrensville 
        Heights, and Woodmere. Population (1990), 570,901.
ZIP Codes: 44022 (part), 44100 (part), 44103-04, 44105 (part), 44106, 
        44107 (part), 44108, 44109 (part), 44110, 44111 (part), 44112, 
        44113 (part), 44114 (part), 44115, 44117, 44118-20, 44121 
        (part), 44122 (part), 44123 (part), 44124 (part), 44125 (part), 
        44127 (part), 44128, 44132, 44135 (part), 44137, 44143 (part), 
        44146, 44199