17 Facts About Dave McCurdy

Dave McCurdy is a former president of the American Gas Association.

Dave McCurdy received an undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1972 and a JD there three years later.

Dave McCurdy studied international economics at Scotland's University of Edinburgh as a Rotary International Graduate Fellow.

Dave McCurdy served in the United States Air Force Reserve, attaining the rank of major and serving as a Judge Advocate General.

Dave McCurdy defeated Townsend with campaign commercials espousing prayer in public and support for a statue of Jesus Christ in the Wichita mountains, near Lawton.

Dave McCurdy defeated Republican Howard Rutledge 74,245 to 71,339 in the general election, and again in 1982 by a vote of 84,205 to 44,351.

Dave McCurdy founded and chaired a group of moderate and conservative House Democrats called the Mainstreet Forum.

Dave McCurdy was offered the role of Director of Central Intelligence, but turned it down.

In 1994, when US Senator David L Boren decided to leave the US Senate before the expiration of his term, McCurdy decided not to seek re-election to the House of Representatives; instead, he ran for the Senate.

Dave McCurdy lost the general election to fellow congressman Jim Inhofe, whose campaign ads played clips of McCurdy's speech seconding Clinton's nomination for president.

Dave McCurdy took only 39 percent of the vote, and even lost his own congressional district.

Dave McCurdy sent his congressional records and papers to the Carl Albert Center for Congressional Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

Dave McCurdy was chairman and chief executive officer of the Dave McCurdy Group LLC In 1998 he was elected President of the Electronic Industries Alliance a national trade organization representing the electronics industry, even though House Majority Leader Tom DeLay held up legislation of benefit to the EIA and threatened it with a loss of access if it did not hire a Republican instead.

Dave McCurdy is chairman of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and has served on the Defense Policy Board under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.

On February 12,2007, Dave McCurdy became president of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

In February 2011, Dave McCurdy became president and CEO of the American Gas Association.

Dave McCurdy serves on the board of directors of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.