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Interview With Martha Pope And David Pozorski By Brien Williams, Martha Pope, David R. Pozorski
Interview With Martha Pope And David Pozorski By Brien Williams, Martha Pope, David R. Pozorski
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Martha Pope was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Connecticut. She attended the University of Connecticut, majoring in sociology with minors in psychology and statistics and in art. She earned a master’s degree in art education at Southern Connecticut University. She taught art for five years in elementary and junior high school, and then she moved to Washington, D.C. and started work on Capitol Hill. She worked for Senator John Culver, and when Culver lost his bid for reelection, Senator Mitchell kept her on as Environment and Public Works Committee staff focusing on fish and wildlife …
Interview With Gordon Weil By Andrea L’Hommedieu, Gordon L. Weil
Interview With Gordon Weil By Andrea L’Hommedieu, Gordon L. Weil
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Gordon Lee Weil was born March 12, 1937, in Mineola, New York, and grew up on Long Island. Sadye, his mother, worked for the Red Cross and was chairman of nursing services in Nassau County and of the USO during World War II, and she served as state president of the National Council of Jewish Women. Gordon attended Hempstead High School and Bowdoin College, where he majored in history with a concentration in government. He was on the Agriculture Committee of the 1956 Democratic Party pre-convention platform committee in Maine and served as a page at the 1956 …