U.S. Senator. Attended public schools Nashua, New Hampshire. Graduated, Valley Forge Military School, 1948; Syracuse University, 1952; Boston College Law School, 1960; served as an Infantry Captain in the United States Army 1952-1954; admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1960; served as legal counsel to the Governor 1970; attorney general of New Hampshire 1970-1976; practiced law, Manchester, N.H., 1976-1980; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 4, 1980, for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1981; subsequently appointed by the Governor on December 29, 1980, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Durkin for the term ending January 3, 1981; reelected in 1986 and served from December 29, 1980, to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992. Probably most noted during his Senate tenure as co-author of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act of 1985. He later served as a member (1993-2001) and chairman (1995-2001) of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board; founder and co-chairman of the Concord Coalition; co-chairman with former Senator Gary Hart of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st (which warned in January 2001 that "a direct attack against American citizens on American soil is likely over the next quarter century.") Also served on boards of directors of the American Stock Exchange, Allied Waste Corporation, Collins & Aikman, Chubb, Raytheon, and Boston Scientific; as trustee of the Brookings Institution and several funds of the Dreyfus Corporation; as partner in the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; and as partner (with former Secretary of State Madelyn Albright) in the Albright Stonebridge Group. The Federal Courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire is named for him.
U.S. Senator. Attended public schools Nashua, New Hampshire. Graduated, Valley Forge Military School, 1948; Syracuse University, 1952; Boston College Law School, 1960; served as an Infantry Captain in the United States Army 1952-1954; admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1960; served as legal counsel to the Governor 1970; attorney general of New Hampshire 1970-1976; practiced law, Manchester, N.H., 1976-1980; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 4, 1980, for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1981; subsequently appointed by the Governor on December 29, 1980, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Durkin for the term ending January 3, 1981; reelected in 1986 and served from December 29, 1980, to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992. Probably most noted during his Senate tenure as co-author of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act of 1985. He later served as a member (1993-2001) and chairman (1995-2001) of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board; founder and co-chairman of the Concord Coalition; co-chairman with former Senator Gary Hart of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st (which warned in January 2001 that "a direct attack against American citizens on American soil is likely over the next quarter century.") Also served on boards of directors of the American Stock Exchange, Allied Waste Corporation, Collins & Aikman, Chubb, Raytheon, and Boston Scientific; as trustee of the Brookings Institution and several funds of the Dreyfus Corporation; as partner in the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; and as partner (with former Secretary of State Madelyn Albright) in the Albright Stonebridge Group. The Federal Courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire is named for him.
Bio by: Paul Hays
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