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C BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES HORACE Ro KORNEGAy JanUary, 1972 Horace R. Kornegay served in the United States Congress from the Sixth Congressional District of North Carolina for four tezlns---a total of eight years---beginning January 3~ ig61 and continuing to Janua~I 3; 1969. Congressman Kornegay was elected to the House of Representa- tives in November~ 1960 and was re-elected in 1962~ 1964 and 1966. He did not seek re-election in 1968 having announced in November, 1967 his intention to retire from the Congress at the end of the current ter~p While in the House of Representatives, Mr. Kornegay served on the House Co~m~ittee on Interstate and Foreign commerce and on the Committee on Veterans Affairs---two of the major standing committees of the House of Representatives. He W~S the eighth ranking majority membez of the Commerce Committee and the sev- enth ranking member of the Veterans Committee at the time of his retirement~ having moved up steadily in the seniority scale in both committees. ~ " D~ sir ~wLY/ BRE/pSB/48D-10 L&M GR~DC r.~ C 15th March. 1984 RESTRICTED .__-= ........ = ..... REVIEW OF FREON Ii IN TOBACCO PROCESSING This review ulJates one undertaken i~ February [983 and incoFporR~es: .l~gislatio~ in ~elation ~o depletion oZ oz0ne in the Upper ~mosp~ere, 2. A vlew of possible Public Affairs aSpeCZS, The use of GI3 treazed tobacco in e~arertes: (a) toxicology ~nd {b) resld~e levels achieved in ~rRc~ice, Attached 18 a copy of a ~emorandum by Dr D,G. Felto~ Incorp0ratlng ~ne AGP Mlnu~e o£ 1973.

HORACE R. KORNE~A .... Page 2 .... Shortly after Mr. Kornegay's birth in Asheville, North Carolina On March 12, 1924o the family returned to Greensboro° He is a graduate of the Greensboro Public Schools, Wake Forest Univer- sity (B.So Degree), and the Wake Forest School of Law (J.D. Degree). He is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi. a social fraternity; Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity; and Omi~ron Delta Kappa, an honorary leadership fraternity. During World War II~ he served in the U.So Army for three years and participated in two campaigns in the European Theater of Operations. Ee was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Hadge, the Purple ~eart Medal and the Bronze Star Medal. He is ~ membe~ of the American Leglon, Veterans of Foreign Wars~ AMVHTS~ and an honorary member of the British-Legion. • In 1949~ Mr. Kornegay began a general law practice in G~eensboro. Be ~s been admitted to practice before th Supreme Court of ~orth Carolina and the Supreme Court of the United States. ~e is a member of the Greensboro° the North Carolina, and the Ameri- can Bar Associationsr the Federal Bar Association and th~ Ameri- can Judicature Society. Before being elected to congress from the Sixth Distri,~t in 1960, Congressman Kornegay twice was elected Solicitor of the Twelfth ~ " D~ sir ~wLY/ BRE/pSB/48D-10 L&M GR~DC r.~ C 15th March. 1984 RESTRICTED .__-= ........ = ..... REVIEW OF FREON Ii IN TOBACCO PROCESSING This review ulJates one undertaken i~ February [983 and incoFporR~es: .l~gislatio~ in ~elation ~o depletion oZ oz0ne in the Upper ~mosp~ere, 2. A vlew of possible Public Affairs aSpeCZS, The use of GI3 treazed tobacco in e~arertes: (a) toxicology ~nd {b) resld~e levels achieved in ~rRc~ice, Attached 18 a copy of a ~emorandum by Dr D,G. Felto~ Incorp0ratlng ~ne AGP Mlnu~e o£ 1973.

r f Solicitorial District of North Carolina. In this position, he functioned as public prosecutor in Guilford and Davidson Coun- ties, in a solicitorial district with one of the heaviest case loads in the state. Mr~ Kornegay is active in church and civic work. He is a former member of the West Market Street Methodist Church of Greensooro and has served on the offScial boar~ and is a member cf Saint Andrew's United Methodist Church in 8ethesda. Me is a former member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Greensboro civi- ~ t~n zlub, and is a member of the Rotary Club of Washington, D. C,. the N~tional Lawyers Club and the Congressional Country Club. He is a member of the Masonic Order, Scottish Rite and ~ Shrinero He is, also, a member of the Nort~ Carolina State Grange and of hhe National Society of the Sons Of the American Revolution. Since his college days, Mr° Kornegay has been active in govern- ment and politics~ and he has enjoyed a varied career as a law- yer, prosecuting attorney, Representative in the Unite(~ States Congness, corporate executive and legal counsel in private in- dustry. In his capacities ~s a Membe~ of Congress and more chief spokesman for the tobacco industry of the United States, ~ " D~ sir ~wLY/ BRE/pSB/48D-10 L&M GR~DC r.~ C 15th March. 1984 RESTRICTED .__-= ........ = ..... REVIEW OF FREON Ii IN TOBACCO PROCESSING This review ulJates one undertaken i~ February [983 and incoFporR~es: .l~gislatio~ in ~elation ~o depletion oZ oz0ne in the Upper ~mosp~ere, 2. A vlew of possible Public Affairs aSpeCZS, The use of GI3 treazed tobacco in e~arertes: (a) toxicology ~nd {b) resld~e levels achieved in ~rRc~ice, Attached 18 a copy of a ~emorandum by Dr D,G. Felto~ Incorp0ratlng ~ne AGP Mlnu~e o£ 1973.

Mro Kornegay has addressed numerous audiences in this country ~nd abroad. Some months after he announced his intention to retire from the Congress, Mr. Kornegay was offered th~ position of Vice President and counsel of the Tobacco Institute in Washington~ He accepted this position because of his interest in the welfare of the tobacco farmer~ the tobacco industry~ and the economic impor- tance of this agricultural product to his own State of North Carolina and te other sta~es where tobacco ~s an important crop to t~e economy~ He entered upon his duties with the ~obacco Institute on January 6. 1969. On May 15, 1970, he was elected by the Executive committee of the Tobacco Institute to succeed Earle C. Clements as President ~r~ Executive Director of the Institute and he now holds this position. Mr~ Kornegay is married to the former Annie Ben Beal~. and they have three children~ Horace, Jro, Kathryn and Martha. While in Washington, the family makes its home in suburban Bethesda, Maryland~ ~JiI,i~J ,l ~ " D~ sir ~wLY/ BRE/pSB/48D-10 L&M GR~DC r.~ C 15th March. 1984 RESTRICTED .__-= ........ = ..... REVIEW OF FREON Ii IN TOBACCO PROCESSING This review ulJates one undertaken i~ February [983 and incoFporR~es: .l~gislatio~ in ~elation ~o depletion oZ oz0ne in the Upper ~mosp~ere, 2. A vlew of possible Public Affairs aSpeCZS, The use of GI3 treazed tobacco in e~arertes: (a) toxicology ~nd {b) resld~e levels achieved in ~rRc~ice, Attached 18 a copy of a ~emorandum by Dr D,G. Felto~ Incorp0ratlng ~ne AGP Mlnu~e o£ 1973.