Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), October 2000.
[Pages 304-305]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(Population 1998, 523,000)
DELEGATE
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Democrat, of Washington, DC; born in
Washington, DC, on June 13, 1937; graduated from Dunbar High School,
1955; B.A., Antioch College, 1960; M.A., Yale Graduate School, 1963;
J.D., Yale Law School, 1964; honorary degrees: Tougalvo University,
1992; University of Southern Connecticut, 1992; Fisk University, 1991;
University of Hartford, 1990; Ohio Wesleyan University, 1990; Wake
Forest University, 1990; Colgate University, 1989; Drury College, 1989;
Florida International University, 1989; St. Lawrence University, 1989;
University of Wisconsin, 1989; Rutgers University, 1988; St. Joseph's
College, 1988; University of Lowell, 1988; Sojourner-Douglas College,
1987; Salem State College, 1987; Haverford College, 1986; Lesley
College, 1986; New Haven University, 1986; University of San Diego,
1986; Bowdoin College, 1985; Antioch College, 1985; Tufts University,
1984; University of Massachusetts, 1983; Smith College, 1983; Medical
College of Pennsylvania, 1983; Spelman College, 1982; Syracuse
University, 1981; Yeshiva University, 1981; Lawrence University, 1981;
Emanuel College, 1981; Wayne State University, 1980; Gallaudet College,
1980; Denison University, 1980; New York University, 1978; Howard
University, 1978; Brown University, 1978; Wilberforce University, 1978;
Georgetown University, 1977; City College of New York, 1975; Marymount
College, 1974; Princeton University, 1973; Bard College, 1971; Cedar
Crest College, 1969; chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
1977-81; professor of law, Georgetown University, 1982-90; chair, New
York Commission on Human Rights, 1970-76; executive assistant to the
mayor of New York City (concurrent appointment); law clerk, Judge A.
Leon Higginbotham, Federal District Court, 3rd Circuit; attorney,
admitted to practice by examination in the District of Columbia and
Pennsylvania and in the U.S. Supreme Court; One Hundred Most Important
Women (Ladies Home Journal, 1988); One Hundred Most Powerful Women in
Washington (The Washingtonian magazine, September 1989);
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Ralph E. Shikes Bicentennial Fellow, Harvard Law School, 1987; Visiting
Phi Beta Kappa Scholar, 1985; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, John
F. Kennedy School of Government, spring 1984; Distinguished Public
Service Award, Center for National Policy, 1985; Chancellor's
Distinguished Lecturer, University of California Law School (Boalt Hall)
at Berkeley, 1981; Yale Law School Association Citation of Merit Medal
to the Outstanding Alumnus of the Law School, 1980; Harper Fellow, Yale
Law School, 1976, (for ``a person . . . who has made a distinguished
contribution to the public life of the nation . . .''); Rockefeller
Foundation, trustee, 1982-90; Community Foundation of Greater
Washington, board; Yale Corporation, 1982-88; Council on Foreign
Relations; Overseas Development Council; U.S. Committee to Monitor the
Helsinki accords; Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia; boards of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change and Environmental Law
Institute; Workplace Health Fund; committees: Government Reform;
Transportation and Infrastructure; subcommittees: Aviation; Civil
Service; ranking member, District of Columbia; Economic Development,
Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials, and Pipeline Transportation; vice
chair, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues; divorced; two children:
John and Katherine; elected to the 102nd Congress on November 6, 1990;
reelected to each succeeding Congress.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/norton
1424 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 225-8050
20515-5100............................................
Chief of Staff.--Donna Brazile. FAX: 225-3002
Legislative Director.--Jon Bouker.
Executive Assistant.--Crystal Day.
ZIP Codes: 20000-13, 20015-20, 20024, 20026, 20029-30, 20032-33, 20035-
40, 20041 (part), 20042, 20044-53, 20055-60, 20062-71, 20073-76,
20080-82, 20084, 20088, 20090, 20097-98, 20201-31, 20233-35,
20239-42, 20244-45, 20250-51, 20260-61, 20265-66, 20268, 20305-
07, 20310, 20314-15, 20317-19, 20324, 20330, 20332-38, 20350,
20360-63, 20370-76, 20380, 20388-89, 20391, 20401-16, 20418-25,
20427-31, 20433, 20435-36, 20439-42, 20444, 20451, 20453, 20456,
20460, 20463, 20468-70, 20472, 20500-07, 20510, 20515, 20520-21,
20523-27, 20530-44, 20546-55, 20557-60, 20565-66, 20570-73,
20575-81, 20585-86, 20590-91, 20593-95, 20597, 20599
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