    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Page 259]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        JOHN H. CHAFEE, Republican, of Warwick, RI; born in Providence, RI,
    October 22, 1922; graduated, Deerfield Academy, 1940; entered Yale
    University, 1940 and left in February 1942 to enlist in U.S. Marine
    Corps; served in original landing on Guadalcanal, August 1942;
    commissioned second lieutenant, participated in fighting in Okinawa;
    B.A., Yale University, 1947; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1950; admitted
    to bar in Rhode Island, 1950; recalled to active duty in Marines in
    Korean conflict, 1951; served in Korea as rifle company commander;
    discharged with rank of captain, 1952; total active duty time in Marine
    Corps, 5\1/2\ years; practiced law in Providence, 1952-63; member, Rhode
    Island House of Representatives, 1957-63; minority leader, 1959-63;
    Governor of Rhode Island, 1963-69; chairman, Republican Governors
    Association, 1968; Secretary of the Navy, January 1969 to May 1972;
    Chubb fellow, Yale University, 1966; board of visitors, John F. Kennedy
    School of Government, Harvard University, 1969-72; Yale University,
    board of trustees, 1972-78; honorary degrees: Brown University,
    Providence College, University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College,
    Roger Williams College, Salve Regina College, Suffolk University,
    Jacksonville University, Bryant College; Legislator of the Year Award;
    National League of Women Voters, 1992; Environmental Law Institute
    Award, 1991; 1992 Audubon Medal; 1992 Excellence in Health Care Award;
    married the former Virginia Coates; five children: Zechariah, Lincoln,
    John, Jr., Georgia, and Quentin; elected to the U.S. Senate, November 2,
    1976, for the six-year term beginning January 3, 1977, first Republican
    Senator elected from Rhode Island in 46 years; reelected November 2,
    1982; reelected November 8, 1988; reelected November 8, 1994; Senate
    committees: chairman, Environment and Public Works; Finance; Select
    Committee on Intelligence; Joint Committee on Taxation.

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