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Harris Wofford

AKA Harris Llewellyn Wofford

Born: 9-Apr-1926
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-95

Military service: US Army Air Corps (WWII)

Wife: Clare (d., one daughter, two sons)

    University: University of Chicago (1948)
    Law School: Yale University
    Law School: Howard University (1954)
    Professor: Law, University of Notre Dame (1959-60)
    Administrator: President, State University of New York at Old Westbury (1966-70)
    Administrator: President, Bryn Mawr College (1970-78)
    Professor: University of Maryland, College Park

    Corporation for National and Community Service CEO (1995-2001)
    US Senator, Pennsylvania (9-May-1991 to 3-Jan-1995)
    Pennsylvania State Official Secretary of Labor and Industry (1987-91)
    White House Staff Special Assistant to John F. Kennedy (1960-62)
    US Commission on Civil Rights Legal Assistant (1954-58)
    Case Foundation Senior Fellow
    Forward Together PAC
    Hands On Network Board of Directors
    Jefferson Awards Board of Selectors
    National Coalition on Health Care
    New Leadership for America PAC
    Obama for America
    Obama for Illinois
    Obama Victory Fund 2012
    Peace Corps Associate Director (1962-66)
    Peace Corps Special Representative to Africa
    Points of Light Foundation Advisory Board
    District of Columbia Bar 1954

Author of books:
It's Up to Us: Federal World Government in Our Time (1946)
India Afire (1951, with Clare Wofford)
Of Kennedys and Kings: Making Sense of the Sixties (1980, with Bill Moyers)


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