Biography
A Representative from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , September 6, 1931. Graduated from Central High School, Detroit, Mich. B. A. , University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. , 1952. M. A. , Columbia University, New York, N. Y. , 1954. LL. B. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1957. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Michigan state senate, 1965-1970. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Michigan in 1970 and 1974. Assistant administrator, United States Agency for International Development, 1977-1981. Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1964 and 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 2019). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Eleventh Congress).