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Amy KLOBUCHAR, Congress, MN (1960)

Senate Years of Service: 2007- Party: Democrat KLOBUCHAR Amy , a Senator from Minnesota; born in Plymouth, Minn., May 25, 1960; attended the public schools in Plymouth; graduated magna cum laude…

Sheila JACKSON LEE, Congress, TX (1950)

JACKSON LEE Sheila , a Representative from Texas; born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 12, 1950; graduated from Jamaica High School, Jamaica, N.Y.; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,…

David Evans SKAGGS, Congress, CO (1943)

SKAGGS David Evans , a Representative from Colorado; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1943; graduated from Cranford High School, Cranford, N.J., 1960; B.A., Wesleyan…

bell hooks

Name at birth: Gloria Jean WatkinsDr. bell hooks (who spelled her name without capitals) was one of the most widely published black feminist scholars in the United States. An outspoken cultural…

Alan J. Pakula

Alan J. Pakula was a movie producer and director whose career peaked in the 1970s with the films Klute (1971, starring Jane Fonda), The Parallax View (1974, starring Warren Beatty) and All the…

Charles Terrance CANADY, Congress, FL (1954)

CANADY Charles Terrance , a Representative from Florida; born in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., June 22, 1954; B.A., Haverford College, 1976; J.D., Yale University School of Law, 1979; admitted to the…

Mark DAYTON, Congress, MN (1947)

Senate Years of Service: 2001-2007 Party: Democrat DAYTON Mark , a Senator from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Minn., January 26, 1947; graduated cum laude Yale University 1969; unsuccessful…

Pete WILSON, Congress, CA (1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1983-1991 Party: Republican WILSON Pete , a Senator from California; born in Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill., August 23, 1933; attended private school in St. Louis, Mo.;…

Guy Adrian VANDER JAGT, Congress, MI (1931-2007)

VANDER JAGT Guy Adrian , a Representative from Michigan; born in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., August 26, 1931; graduated from Cadillac High School, Cadillac, Mich.,1949; B.A., Hope College,…

Lan Samantha Chang Biography

Lan Samantha ChangwriterBorn: 1965Birthplace: Appleton, Wisconsin The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Chang left Wisconsin at 18 to attend college at Yale University, where—after trying pre-…