Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), February 2000.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    JESSE HELMS, Republican, of Raleigh, NC; born in Monroe, NC, October 
18, 1921; attended Wingate College and Wake Forest College; U.S. Navy, 
1942-45; former city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assistant to 
U.S. Senator Willis Smith, 1951-53, and to U.S. Senator Alton Lennon, 
1953; executive director, North Carolina Bankers Association, 1953-60; 
executive vice president, WRAL-TV and Tobacco Radio Network, 1960-72; 
member, Raleigh City Council, chairman of Law and Finance Committee, 
1957-61; deacon and Sunday School teacher, Hayes Barton Baptist Church, 
Raleigh; recipient of two Freedom Foundation awards for radio-television 
editorials; recipient of annual citizenship awards from North Carolina 
American Legion, North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Raleigh 
Exchange Club; recipient of Outstanding Service Award of the Council 
Against Communist Aggression, the Richard Henry Lee Award, and the Order 
of Lafayette Freedom Award; former trustee, Meredith College, John F. 
Kennedy College, Delaware Law School, Campbell University, and Wingate 
College; president, Raleigh Rotary Club, 1969-70; 33rd degree Mason: 
Grand Orator, Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina, 1964-65, 1982, 
1991; member, board of directors, North Carolina Cerebral Palsy 
Hospital; member, board of directors of Camp Willow Run, a youth camp 
for Christ at Littleton, NC; married Dorothy Jane Coble of Raleigh, 
October 31, 1942; three children: Jane (Mrs. Charles R. Knox), Nancy 
(Mrs. John C. Stuart), and Charles; seven grandchildren; committees: 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; chairman, Foreign Relations; Rules 
and Administration; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 1972; 
reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990, and 1996.

                  Office Listings
 
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403 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 224-6342
 20510-3301............................................
  Administrative Assistant.--James W.C. Broughton.
  Personal Secretary.--Patricia H. Devine.
310 New Bern Avenue, Suite 122, Raleigh NC 27601.......   (919) 856-4630
  Staff Director.--Marilyn Darnell.
Post Office Building, P.O. Box 2944, Hickory, NC 28603.   (828) 322-5170
  Staff Director.--Josephine R. Murray.