Larry Pressler

A Representative and a Senator from South Dakota. Born in Humboldt, Minnehaha County, S. Dak. , March 29, 1942. Graduated, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 1964. Attended Oxford University, England, 1965, as a Rhodes Scholar. Received a graduate degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard 1971. Graduated, Harvard Law School 1971. Admitted to District of Columbia bar in 1972 and commenced practice. Served in the United States Army 1966-1968, with service in Vietnam. Served in the Office of Legal Advisor to Secretary of State 1971-1974. Elected as a Republican in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Reelected to the Ninety-fifth Congress and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1979. Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected in 1978 to the United States Senate. Reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1997. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1996. Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (One Hundred Fourth Congress). Admitted to the New York bar in 1997. Formed Pressler International, LLC, and serves on five corporate boards of directors. Teacher and senior fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001-. Law partner. Member, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Advisory Board. Appointed official observer, Ukraine national election, December 2004. Is a resident of Sioux Falls, S. Dak.