    Congressional Directory for the 107th Congress (2001-2002), December 2001.
    [Pages 198-199]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        CASS BALLENGER, Republican, of Hickory, NC; born in Hickory,
    December 6, 1926; education: graduated, Episcopal High School,
    Alexandria, VA, 1944; attended University of North Carolina, Chapel
    Hill, 1944-45; B.A., Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1948; military
    service: served in U.S. Naval Air Corps, aviation cadet, 1944-45;
    employment: founder and president,

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    Plastic Packaging, Inc.; North
    Carolina House of Representatives, 1974-76; North Carolina Senate, 1976-
    86; member: Catawba County Board of Commissioners, 1966-74 (chairman,
    1970-74); Advisory Budget Commission, White House Advisory Committee,
    Community Ridge Day Care Center, Hickory Rotary Club, Hickory United
    Fund, Lenoir-Rhyne College Board of Development, Salvation Army Board of
    Directors, Florence Crittenton Home Board of Directors, Greater Hickory
    Chamber of Commerce (director); sustaining member, North Carolina School
    of the Arts; patron: North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Arts
    Society; married: the former Donna Davis, 1952; children: Lucinda
    Ballenger-Brinkley, Melissa Ballenger Jordan, and Dorothy Davis
    Ballenger Weaver; grandchildren: Matthew Jordan, William Eriksen Jordan,
    Lucy; deputy whip, 104th Congress; committees: Education and the
    Workforce; International Relations: elected to the 99th Congress,
    November 4, 1986, to complete the unexpired term of James Broyhill;
    reelected to each succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings

         http://www.house.gov/ballenger    cass.ballenger@mail.house.gov

    2182 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-2576
     20515-3310............................................
      Chief of Staff.--Dan Gurley.                             FAX: 225-0316
      Legislative Director.--Roberta Myers.
      Executive Assistant.--Jessica Swinehart.
    P.O. Box 1830, Hickory, NC 28603.......................   (704) 327-6100
      District Director.--Tommy Luckadoo.

    Counties: Alexander, Allegany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba,
            Iredell (part), Mitchell, Surry (part), Watauga, Wilkes, and
            Yadkin. Population (1990), 552,386.
    ZIP Codes: 27011, 27017 (part), 27018, 27020, 27055 (part), 28010, 28037
            (part), 28092 (part), 28115 (part), 28117 (part), 28123, 28166
            (part), 28168 (part), 28601-19, 28621 (part), 28622-24, 28625
            (part), 28626-31, 28633, 28634 (part), 28635-38, 28640-47,
            28649, 28650 (part), 28651-71, 28673, 28675-76, 28677 (part),
            28678-85, 28687-94, 28697-99, 28705, 28761 (part), 28765, 28777