Bill Cobey
| William Wilfred "Bill" Cobey, Jr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Ike Franklin Andrews |
| Succeeded by | David Price |
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May 13, 1939 Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Alma mater |
Emory University |
| Occupation | Retired |
Emory University
University of Pennsylvania
William Wilfred Cobey, Jr., known as Bill Cobey (born May 13, 1939), is chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education and is a member of Governor Pat McCrory's education cabinet. He is a former one-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.
Cobey was born in Washington, D.C. and reared in the suburb of University Park in Prince George's County, Maryland. His father, William W. Cobey, Sr., was the athletic director for the University of Maryland from 1956 to 1969. Cobey is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. Cobey also earned an M.B.A. in Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and an M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh.
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