Carl Levin

A Senator from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , June 28, 1934. Attended Detroit public schools. Graduated, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. , 1956. Graduated, Harvard Law School 1959. Admitted to the Michigan bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Detroit. Assistant attorney general and general counsel for the Michigan civil rights commission 1964-1967. Special assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan and chief appellate defender for the city of Detroit 1968-1969. Member, Detroit city council 1969-1973. President, Detroit city council 1974-1977. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1978. Reelected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008, and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 2015. Chair, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001. June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]. One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection in 2014. Was a resident of Detroit, Mich. , until his death on July 29, 2021. Interment in Clover Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.