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|death_place= Wheeling, West Virginia |resting_place=Rousselot Ranch in Sonora, Texas |occupation=Businessman |residence= St. Clairsville Belmont County, Ohio |religion=former United Methodist |spouse= Jacqueline Price Barnhart |children=Whitney Allison Barnhart Mallory Ann Barnhart Rousellot |alma_mater=Elgin High School Marietta College University of Houston |branch=United States Army }} Ray Anderson Barnhart (January 12, 1928 – May 26, 2013) was a businessman and Republican politician, formerly from Pasadena in Harris County, Texas. From 1981 to 1987, Barnhart was director of the Federal Highway Administration under U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan. In 1976, he, along with Ernest Angelo of Midland, and Barbara Staff of Dallas were co-chairmen of the Reagan presidential primary campaign against sitting President Gerald R. Ford, Jr. From 1973 to 1974, Barnhart was a one-term member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served on the Pasadena City Council from 1965 to 1969.〔''Who’s Who in America, 1984–1985'', 43rd ed., Chicago: Marquis Publishers, p. 175〕 ==Background== Barnhart was born to Ora E. Barnhart (1904–1991) and the former Alice Mildred Anderson in Elgin in Kane County west of Chicago in northeastern Illinois, to the east of Reagan's birthplace in Tampico in western Illinois. An Eagle Scout, Barnhart graduated from Elgin High School in January 1945, a semester earlier than most of his classmates. He enlisted in the United States Army and served from 1946 to 1947.〔 Thereafter, he studied speech and theatre arts at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, from which he obtained the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. He married the former Jacqueline Price〔 (born 1927) in Bellaire in Belmont County, Ohio. In 1951, he received a Master of Arts in speech, theater, and radio communication from the University of Houston, Texas. He returned to Marietta College as a professor from 1951 to 1955. With an ending salary of $3,050 annually at Marietta College, the Barnharts relocated to Houston, where he entered the construction businesses. He first dug water and sewer lines and later specialized in underground utilities. Thereafter, he was an insurance agent from 1978 to 1981.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Barnhart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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