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About
Paul S. Sarbanes
2007 Rutgers Case Professor of Public Affairs
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June
1954: Graduated magna cum laude from
Princeton University.
1954-57: Received an honors degree at
Oxford University's Balliol College as a Rhodes
scholar.
June 1960: Graduated cum laude from
Harvard Law School; married Christine Dunbar of Brighton,
England.
November 1966: Elected to represent Baltimore
in the state House of Delegates, where he served on
the Judiciary and the Ways and Means committees.
November 1970: Won a seat in the House
of Representatives, after defeating a 13-term incumbent
and committee chairman in the Democratic primary.
August 1974: Drew
national attention as he introduced the first article
of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon
as a member of the House Judiciary Committee investigating
the Watergate scandal.
November 1976: Won a Senate seat,
defeating one-term Republican J. Glenn Beall Jr.
after beating former senator Joseph D. Tydings
Jr. in the Democratic primary.
April 1978: Helped lead the successful
22-day debate on the Senate floor to ratify the
Panama Canal treaty, earning him the enmity of
conservative groups.
November 1982: Won reelection handily
despite an orchestrated campaign against him by
the National Conservative Political Action Committee.
May 1987: Appointed to the committee investigating
the Iran-contra scandal, where he criticized President
Ronald Reagan for allowing a "junta in the
White House."
January 1995: Became the ranking Democrat
on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Committee.
July 1995: Served as ranking Democrat
on the Senate Whitewater Committee, where he argued
sharply with Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato (R-N.Y.) in
the investigation into President Bill Clinton's
real estate dealings and the suicide of Deputy
White House Counsel Vincent W. Foster Jr.
July 2002: Won passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act while serving as Banking Committee chairman.
It places stricter rules on the accounting industry
to guard against practices that contributed to
Enron Corp.'s failure and other scandals. |
SOURCE: Sarbanes to Retire
From Senate
Surprise Decision Sets Off Scramble in Maryland Among
Potential Successors
By Spencer S. Hsu and John Wagner
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, March 12, 2005; Page A01 |
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9th Annual Walter and Leah Rand
Awards and Scholarship Event
Camden Campus Center
Rutgers University
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Cocktails |
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Dinner
and Awards Presentations |
| Jan 19 |
Planning |
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| Each Forum will be held 4pm - 6 pm in the Executive Dining Room of the Rutgers-Camden Campus Center, 326 Penn Street, Camden, NJ. |
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Jennifer Intriago at
856-225-6566. |
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