Administration Floor Leader, Past Governor George Busbee

Senator, Georgia State Senate, 1968-2007

President Pro Tempore, Georgia State Senate, 1999-2002

Commissioner, Clayton County Board of Health, 1962-2000

Commissioner, Clayton County, 1958-1965

Member, Governor's Education Review Commission

Experience, Governor's Growth Strategies Commission

Experience, Hospital Cost Containment Study Committee

Chair, Joint Study Committee on Revenue Structure

Member, Senate Democratic Party Caucus Policy Committee

Experience, Senate Private Long-Term Care Study Committee

Experience, State Defense Conversion Stategies Study Committee

Atlanta Regional Commission, 1960-1965

Broker, Clayton County Realty Company, 1957-present

Chief Executive Officer, Terrell Starr Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1957-present

Deacon/Former Chair of Board of Deacons, First Baptist Church of Forest Park

Experience, Insurance Agent

Experience, Real Estate Broker

United States Navy, World War II, 1944-1946

Experience, Chamber of Commerce

Experience, Clayton County Library Board

Experience, Clayton County Rotary Club

Experience, Forest Park Rotary Club

Board of Trustees, Forest Park School District Youth Center

Member, Masonic Lodge #399

Communications Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures

Honorary Lifetime Member, Peace Officers Association of Georgia

Experience, Professional Insurance Agents Association

Member, Royal Arch Chapter #75

Fiscal Affairs/Governmental Operations Committee, Southern Legislative Conference

Experience, Tara Club

Experience, Yaarab Temple

President, South Metro Board of Realtors, 1967

Former President, Forest Park Kiwanis Club, 1958

President, Forest Park Jaycees Club, 1956-1957