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In ihis way, Arkansas got its first subcommittee chairman on the 

 Science Committee, with the following members in 1975: 



Democrats 



Ra\ Thornton, Arkansas, Chairman 



Robert A. Roc. New J. 



Dale Milford, Texas 



James H. Scheuer, New \ oik 



Henry A. Wax man, California 



Jerome A. Ambro, New York 



James J. Blanchard, Michigan 



Republicans 

 John D. Conlan, Arizona 

 John Jarman, Oklahoma 

 Gary A Myers, Pennsylvania 



Representative Ray Thornton (Democrat of Arkansas). 



RAY THORNTON AS CHAIRMAN 



After serving as attorney general of Arkansas, Ray Thornton was 

 elected to the House in 1972 from a huge district comprising the entire- 

 southern third of the State and bordered by Mississippi, Louisiana, 

 Oklahoma, and Texas. Possessing a fine legal mind, Thornton gained 

 national renown during the televised Judiciary Committee hearings on 

 President Nixon's impeachment. He was very well liked in the Con- 

 gress and on the committee because of his fairness, thoroughness, and 

 good sense of humor. In manner, he was deliberate and judicious, 

 never flamboyant, and always constructive and cooperative. 



