Timothy Wirth

A Representative and a Senator from Colorado. Born in Santa Fe, N. Mex. , September 22, 1939. Graduated, Harvard University 1961. Received a graduate degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education 1964. Received a doctoral degree from Stanford University 1973. United States Army Reserve 1961-1967. White House fellow 1967-1968. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education 1969-1970. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974. Reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1987. Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1986, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1986, and served from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 1993. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1992. Appointed counselor, Department of State, by President William Jefferson Clinton 1993-1997. Became president of the United Nations Foundation in 1997.