Congressional Directory for the 109th Congress (2005-2006), July 2005.
[Pages 296-297]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Democrat, of Washington, DC; born in
Washington, DC, June 13, 1937; education: 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); 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;
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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; divorced;
two children: John and Katherine; committees: Government Reform;
Homeland Security; Transportation and Infrastructure; subcommittees:
Aviation; Civil Service and Agency Organization; Criminal Justice, Drug
Policy and Human Resources; ranking member, Economic Development, Public
Buildings and Emergency Management; Emergency Preparedness and Response;
Intelligence and Counterterrorism; elected to the 102nd Congress on
November 6, 1990; reelected to each succeeding Congress.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/norton
2136 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 225-8050
20515.................................................
Chief of Staff.--Julia Hudson. FAX: 225-3002
Legislative Director.--Rosalind Parker.
Executive Assistant.--Raven Roddey.
Communications Director.--Doxie McCoy.
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