CORCORAN, Thomas Joseph, a Representative from Illinois; born in Ottawa, LaSalle County,
Ill., May 23, 1939; graduated from Marquette High School, Ottawa, Ill., 1957;
B.A., University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., 1961; graduate work at
University of Illinois, 1962; University of Chicago, 1963; Northwestern
University, 1967; United States Army, 1963-1965; director, State of Illinois
Office, Washington, D.C., 1969-1972; staff for Illinois state senate president,
1973-1974; vice president, Chicago-North Western Transportation Co., 1974-1976;
elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth and to the three succeeding
Congresses and served until his resignation on November 28, 1984 (January 3,
1977-November 28, 1984); was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 to the
Ninety-ninth Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the
United States Senate; appointed to U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation, 1984.