WHITE, Richard Alan (Rick), a Representative from Washington; born in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind.,
November 6, 1953; B.A., Dartmouth College, 1975; attended University of Paris, Pantheon
Sorbonne; J.D., Georgetown University School of Law, 1980; clerk to United States Judge Charles
Clark of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; attorney; private sector jobs ranging from dock foreman to
assembly line worker to grill cook; founder and director, Books for Kids (a literacy program);
member, Queen Anne (Wash.) community council, 1986-1988; attorney; elected as a Republican to
the One Hundred Fourth and One Hundred Fifth Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 1999);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress.