Jerry McNerney
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Lee |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 11th district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Pombo |
| Succeeded by | George Miller |
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June 18, 1951 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary McNerney |
| Children | 3 |
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Pleasanton, California (2006-2010) (2010-present) |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
| Occupation | Engineer, energy scientist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Gerald Mark "Jerry" McNerney /məkˈnɜːrni/ (born June 18, 1951) is an engineer, energy specialist, and the U.S. Representative for California's 9th congressional district, serving in Congress since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 11th District until 2013, is based in and includes parts of San Joaquin County, East Contra Costa County, and southern Sacramento County.
McNerney holds a Ph.D in mathematics.
McNerney was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Rosemary (née Tischhauser) and Col. John E. McNerney. He is of Swiss and Irish descent. He attended St. Joseph's Military Academy in Hays, Kansas, and, for two years, the United States Military Academy at West Point. After leaving West Point in 1971 in protest of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, he enrolled at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees and, in 1981, a Ph.D. in Mathematics, with a doctoral dissertation in differential geometry.
McNerney served several years as a contractor to Sandia National Laboratories at Kirtland Air Force Base on national security programs. In 1985, he accepted a senior engineering position with U.S. Windpower (Kenetech). In 1994, he began working as an energy consultant for PG&E, FloWind, The Electric Power Research Institute, and other utility companies. Before being elected to Congress, Jerry served as the CEO of a 2004 start-up company manufacturing wind turbines, named HAWT Power (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Power). A 1992 article that he co-authored in an IEEE journal is a good example of his writings during this period.
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