Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), October 2000.
[Pages 160-161]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    WILLIAM E. (BILL) BARRETT, Republican, of Lexington, NE; born in 
Lexington, NE, 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: vice 
chairman, Agriculture; Education and the Workforce; elected to the 102nd 
Congress, November 6, 1990; reelected to each succeeding Congress.


                  Office Listings

                    http://www.house.gov/billbarrett

2458 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-6435
 20515-2703............................................
  Chief of Staff.--Jeri Finke.
  Press Secretary.--Charles Isom.
  Office Manager/Appointments Secretary.--Adele Brophy.
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; 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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