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RESUME 

 COOPER EVANS 



Cooper Evans is a farmer who raises corn, soybeans, cattle and some horticultural crops 

 in Iowa and Missouri. 



He is a member of the board of directors of Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative 

 Assistance (VOCA) and in 1989 and 1990 was on the White House staff as special 

 assistant to President Bush for agriculture. In both of these assignments he has been 

 deeply involved in technical assistance to agriculture in Eastern Europe and the former 

 Soviet Union. 



Mr. Evans has traveled widely in the rural areas of that part of the world each year since 

 1988. He has come to know many of the political leaders, both national and local. He 

 has spent time on numerous farms from the Baltic to Eastern Siberia. 



From 1980 to 1986 Mr. Evans was a Member of Congress and of the Committee on 

 Agriculture. 



Mr. Evans is also a member of the board of directors of Self-Help, Foundation, a non- 

 profit organization dedicated to introducing appropriate mechanization to small tract 

 farmers in developing countries. 



In 1993, Mr. Evans received the annual Vision Award of the U.S. National Forum on 

 Agriculture. 



