MCCOLLUM, BETTY, , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., July 12, 1954; graduated from South St. Paul High School, St. Paul, Minn., 1972; graduated from University of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn.; member of the Minnesota state house of representatives, 1992-2001; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-present).