Congressional Directory for the 107th Congress (2001-2002), October 2002.
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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, 1960-72; member, Raleigh City
Council, chairman of Law and Finance Committee, 1957-61; deacon and
Sunday School teacher, Hayes Barton Baptist Church, Raleigh; received
two Freedom Foundation awards; recipient of annual citizenship awards
from the North Carolina American Legion and North Carolina V.F.W.; first
lawmaker in history to address the United Nations General Assembly,
2000; former trustee, Meredith 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, and Camp Willow Run, a youth camp for
Christ at Littleton, NC; married Dorothy Jane Coble of Raleigh, October
31, 1942; three children: Jane H. Knox, Nancy H. Stuart, and Charles;
seven grandchildren; committees: ranking member, Committee on Foreign
Relations; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Rules and
Administration; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 1972;
reelected to each succeeding Senate term.
Office Listings
htttp://www.senate.gov/helms
403 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 224-6342
20510-3301............................................
Administrative Assistant.--James W.C. Broughton.
Legislative Director.--Joe Lanier.
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.