    Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress (2003-2004), July 2003.
    [Pages 197-198]
    [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, 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

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

    Counties: Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston (part),
            Iredell (part), Lincoln, Mitchell, and Rutherford (part). Cities
            and townships: Hickory, Lenoir, Morganton, Shelby, and
            Mooresville. Population (2000), 619,178.

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