• Office Sought: Representative, Arkansas (1)
• Birth Date: Aug. 27, 1942
• Occupation: Farming/Ranching
• Religion: United Methodist
• Web site: http://www.house.gov/berry/

Education

University of Arkansas, BS

Marion Berry, born on August 27, 1942, grew up in the Bayou Meto community near Dewitt, Ark. He graduated from DeWitt High School in 1960 and received a bachelor's of science degree from the University of Arkansas' College of Pharmacy in 1965. He was a pharmacist in Little Rock at Don's Pharmacy from 1965 to 1967.

Since 1968, he has been a partner and general manager of his family farming operation in Gillett, Ark. The family farms rice, soybeans, corn and wheat. From 1986 to 1994, Berry served on the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

As a commissioner, he was instrumental in the development and implementation of progressive programs to protect and utilize ground and surface water in the state of Arkansas.

In 1992, he served as chairman of the commission. Berry's dedication and service to the state of Arkansas earned him an appointment as Special Assistant to the President for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance in 1993. It was during this time that he also served on the White House's Domestic Policy Council. Voters elected him to Congress in 1996.

Berry and his wife, Carolyn, have two children.