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Interview With Bob Graham By Brien Williams, Daniel 'Bob' Robert Graham
Interview With Bob Graham By Brien Williams, Daniel 'Bob' Robert Graham
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Daniel Robert “Bob” Graham was born November 9, 1936, in Florida. In 1959 he received a degree in political science from the University of Florida, and he earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1962. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1966 and to the Florida State Senate in 1970. He served as governor of Florida from 1979-1987 and as U.S. senator from 1987-2005. While in the Senate, he served as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic presidential primary race. Since 2005, he has taught …
Interview With Steven Symms By Brien Williams, Steven S. Symms
Interview With Steven Symms By Brien Williams, Steven S. Symms
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Steven Symms was born on April 23, 1938, in Nampa, Idaho. He earned his degree in agriculture in 1960 from the University of Idaho. He served in the Marines for three years, worked as a private pilot and a farmer, and was editor of the Idaho Compass. In 1972 he ran as a Republican candidate for Congress, serving for four terms in the House of Representatives until 1980, when he ran for the U.S. Senate and served two terms. After leaving the Senate, he founded the consulting firm Symms, Lehn Associates, Inc. At the time of this …
Interview With Michael Aube By Mike Hastings, Michael 'Mike' Aube
Interview With Michael Aube By Mike Hastings, Michael 'Mike' Aube
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Michael “Mike” Aube was born on July 17, 1950, in Biddeford, Maine, and grew up in the Biddeford-Saco area in a Franco-American bilingual family. His mother worked as a clerk/cashier at a grocery store; his father was an electrical worker for a small electrical contractor in Saco, then began his own small electrical contracting business. Mike attended Boston College from 1968-1972, majoring in history and education. Although he became a certified teacher, he entered the realm of government and politics, working for George McGovern in 1972, and in 1973 becoming president of Maine Young Democrats. He served on …
Interview With Martha Pope, Abby Saffold And Marty Paone By Diane Dewhirst, Martha Pope, Martin 'Marty' P. Paone, C. 'Abby' Abbott Saffold
Interview With Martha Pope, Abby Saffold And Marty Paone By Diane Dewhirst, Martha Pope, Martin 'Marty' P. Paone, C. 'Abby' Abbott Saffold
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Martin Patrick “Marty” Paone was born in Everett, Massachusetts, in 1951. His father was a National Labor Relations Board field examiner and his mother was a nurse. He attended Boston College, graduating in 1972 with degrees in economics and philosophy. He moved to Washington, D.C. in September of 1974 to pursue a master’s degree in Russian studies at Georgetown University, and while there he worked in the House post office and as a parking lot attendant at the Senate parking lot. This led to a job in the Senate Cloakroom in 1979 after he completed his degree. In …
Interview With John Warner By Brien Williams, John W. Warner
Interview With John Warner By Brien Williams, John W. Warner
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
John William Warner was born February 18, 1927, to John W. Warner and Martha Budd Warner. He grew up in Washington, D.C. and was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1945. He enlisted in the Navy after high school and is a veteran of World War II. After leaving the service he attended Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, graduating in 1949. He attended law school at the University of Virginia but left to serve in the Marines during the Korean War; subsequently, he received his law degree from George Washington University in 1953, served as …
Interview With Grace Reef By Diane Dewhirst, Grace Reef
Interview With Grace Reef By Diane Dewhirst, Grace Reef
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Grace Reef grew up in Portland, Maine, with her father, Norman Reef, an attorney, and her mother, Patricia Reef. In 1974, as a twelve-year-old, she was the first female Little League baseball player, having sued to integrate girls into the program. She first heard of Senator Mitchell when he ran for governor in 1974. She attended Colby College, graduating in 1983 with a degree in public policy. During college she interned in Mitchell’s Senate office in Washington, D.C.; she worked as a legislative correspondent and was later promoted to be a legislative assistant, eventually becoming one of Mitchell’s …
Interview With Jeff Peterson By Brien Williams, Jeffrey 'Jeff' W. Peterson
Interview With Jeff Peterson By Brien Williams, Jeffrey 'Jeff' W. Peterson
George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Biographical Note
Jeffrey Ward Peterson was born on March 23, 1954, in Lexington, Massachusetts, to Jean H. and Dr. Merrill D. Peterson. He grew up in Lexington until age ten, then moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1964. He attended Bowdoin College and studied away for a semester at American University, where he held an internship with the Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations. After graduation he worked in Maine for two years, married, and moved to Seattle, Washington, to attend the University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs, where he earned a master’s degree while working part-time for the Environmental …