    Congressional Directory for the 109th Congress (2005-2006), September 2006.
    [Pages 134-135]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        VERNON J. EHLERS, Republican, of Grand Rapids, MI; born in
    Pipestone, MN, February 6, 1934; educated at home by his parents;
    attended Calvin College; undergraduate degree in physics and Ph.D. in
    nuclear physics, University of California at Berkeley; taught and did re

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    search at Berkeley for 6 years; returned to Calvin College; taught
    physics and became chairman, Physics Department; served on various
    boards and commissions; member, Michigan House and Senate; first
    research physicist in Congress; while on Science Committee in 1997-98,
    was selected to rewrite the nation's science policy; introduced National
    Science Education Acts aimed at reforming K-12 science, mathematics,
    engineering, and technology education; as mem-
    ber of House Administration Committee, guided the program to revamp the
    House com-
    puter system, connect it to the Internet, and allow all citizens to
    access House documents; member and former elder, Eastern Avenue
    Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, MI; married: the former Johanna
    Meulink; four adult children: Heidi, Brian, Marla, and Todd; three
    grandchildren; one great-grandchild; committees: Education and the
    Workforce; House Administration; Science; Transportation and
    Infrastructure; Joint Committee on the Library of Congress;
    subcommittees: chairman, Environment, Technology, and Standards; elected
    to the 103rd
    Congress, by special election, on December 7, 1993; reelected to each
    succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings

                           http://www.house.gov/ehlers

    1714 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC      (202) 225-3831
     20515.................................................
      Chief of Staff.--Bill McBride.
      Legislative Director.--Matt Reiffer.
      Executive Assistant / Scheduler.--Loraine Kehl.
      Press Secretary.--Jon Brandt.
    110 Michigan Street, NW, Suite 166, Grand Rapids, MI      (616) 451-8383
     49503.................................................
      Community Services Director.--Rick Treur.

    Counties: Barry, Ionia, Kent (part). Cities: Belding, Cedar Springs,
            East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Grandville, Hastings, Ionia,
            Kentwood, Lowell, Portland, Rockford, Walker, and Wyoming.
            Population (2000), 662,563.
    ZIP Codes: 48809, 48815, 48834, 48837-38, 48845-46, 48849, 48851, 48860-
            61, 48865, 48870-71, 48873, 48875, 48881, 48887, 48890, 48897,
            49017, 49021, 49035, 49046, 49050, 49058, 49060, 49073, 49080,
            49083, 49301-02, 49306, 49315-17, 49319, 49321, 49325-26, 49331,
            49333, 49341, 49343-45, 49347-48, 49351, 49355-57, 49418, 49468,
            49501-10, 49512, 49514-16, 49518, 49523, 49525, 49530, 49544,
            49546, 49548, 49550, 49555, 49560, 49588, 49599