KARNES, David Kemp, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Omaha, Nebr., December 12, 1948; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Nebraska and from the same university’s law school; White House fellow 1981; executive assistant to Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1982; special counsel, Federal Home Loan Bank Board 1983; chairman of Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka Board of Directors 1983-1987; general counsel for agribusiness and merchandising firm 1983-1987; appointed on March 11, 1987, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1989, caused by the death of Edward Zorinsky; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1988; resigned on November 8, 1988, upon election of a successor; resumed the practice of law.