Gary W. Hart

A Senator from Colorado. Born in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kans. , November 28, 1936. Attended the public schools of Ottawa, Kans. Graduated Bethany (Okla. ) Nazarene College 1958, Yale Divinity School 1961, Yale University Law School 1964, and earned a Ph. D. At Oxford University in 2001. Admitted to the Colorado and District of Columbia bars in 1965. Attorney for the United States Department of Justice 1964-1965. Special assistant to the solicitor of the Interior Department 1965-1967. Engaged in private law practice, Denver, Colo. , 1967-1974. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1974. Reelected in 1980 and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1987. Did not seek reelection. Unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. Resumed the practice of law. Author. Lecturer, Oxford University, Yale University, and University of California. Senior counsel, Coudert Brothers multinational law firm. Co-chair, U. S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century 1998-2001. President, Global Green 2003-2004. Is a resident of Kittredge, Colo.