Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress (2003-2004), November 2003.
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[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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