Biography
A Representative from Connecticut. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. , March 2, 1943. Graduated from Lauralton Hall High School, Milford, Conn. , 1960. B. A. , Marymount College, Tarrytown, N. Y. , 1964. Attended the London School of Economics, London, England, 1962-1963. M. A. , Columbia University, New York, N. Y. , 1966. Staff, Mayor Frank Logue of New Haven, Conn. , 1976-1977. Campaign manager, Mayor Frank Logue, 1978. Staff, New Haven, Conn. , development administrator, 1977-1979. Campaign manager for United States Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, 1979-1980. Staff, United States Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, 1981-1987. Executive director, Countdown '87, 1987-1988. Executive director, EMILY'S List, 1989-1990. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-present). Chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress).