Biography
A Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. , May 18, 1930. Attended the public schools of Nashua, N. H. Graduated, Valley Forge Military School, Wayne, Pa. , 1948. Graduated, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. , 1952. Graduated, Boston College Law School, Boston, Mass. , 1960. Served in the United States Army Infantry 1952-1954. Admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1960 and commenced practice in Nashua. Served as legal counsel to the Governor 1970. Attorney general of New Hampshire 1970-1976. Practiced law, Manchester, N. H. , 1976-1980. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 4, 1980, for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1981. Subsequently appointed by the Governor on December 29, 1980, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Durkin for the term ending January 3, 1981. Reelected in 1986 and served from December 29, 1980, to January 3, 1993. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1992. Chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (Ninety-ninth Congress). Resumed the practice of law in Washington, D. C. Appointed by President William Clinton as member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in 1993 and served until 2001, serving as chairman 1995-2001. Chairman, Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents 1998. Co-chair, U. S. Commission on National Security/21st Century 2001. Co-founder, The Concord Coalition. Died in Washington, D. C. , on November 19, 2012. Inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.