Biographical information on Rep. Sander Levin

By AP
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Biographical information on Rep. Sander Levin

NAME — Sander ‘Sandy’ Martin Levin.

AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 78; Sept. 6, 1931; Detroit.

EXPERIENCE — U.S. House of Representatives, 1983-present; acting chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, as of March 4, 2010; assistant administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1977-81; fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, 1975; practiced corporate and commercial law and taught at Wayne State University, 1971-74; Michigan Senate, 1965-70; Michigan Democratic Party chairman, 1968-69; Oakland County Board of Supervisors, 1961-64; practiced law, 1957-64; ran unsuccessfully for Michigan governor in 1970 and 1974.

EDUCATION — Bachelor’s degree, University of Chicago, 1952; master’s degree in international relations, Columbia University, 1954; law degree, Harvard University, 1957.

FAMILY — Wife, Victoria, died in September 2008; four children. Younger brother is Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.

QUOTE — “Every human being is different. I think what I will try to combine is organization, collegiality and making tough decisions.” — Levin, in a March 4, 2010, interview with The Associated Press, on how he might run the House Ways and Means Committee differently from Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.

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