Nancy Landon Kassebaum

(Wife of Howard Henry Baker, Jr. , now Nancy Kassebaum Baker), a Senator from Kansas. Born in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kans. , July 29, 1932. Attended the public schools of Topeka, Kans. Graduated, University of Kansas 1954. Received a graduate degree from the University of Michigan 1956. Radio station executive, Wichita, Kans. Member, Kansas governmental ethics commission 1975-1976. Member, Kansas committee for the humanities 1975-1979. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, November 7, 1978, for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1979. Subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 23, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James B. Pearson, for the term ending January 3, 1979. Reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from December 23, 1978, to January 3, 1997. Not a candidate for reelection in 1996. Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources (One Hundred Fourth Congress).