Congressional Directory for the 111th Congress (2009-2010), December 2009.
[Pages 295-296]
[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, Dunbar High School, 
1955; B.A., Antioch College, 1960; M.A., Yale Graduate School, 1963; 
J.D., Yale Law School, 1964; honorary degrees: Cedar Crest College, 
1969; Bard College, 1971; Princeton University, 1973; Marymount College, 
1974; City College of New York, 1975; Georgetown University, 1977; New 
York University, 1978; Howard University, 1978; Brown University, 1978; 
Wilberforce University, 1978; Wayne State University, 1980; Gallaudet 
College, 1980; Denison University, 1980; Syracuse University, 1981; 
Yeshiva University, 1981; Lawrence University, 1981; Emanuel College, 
1981; Spelman College, 1982; University of Massachusetts, 1983; Smith 
College, 1983; Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1983; Tufts University, 
1984; Bowdoin College, 1985; Antioch College, 1985; Haverford College, 
1986; Lesley College, 1986; New Haven University, 1986; University of 
San Diego, 1986; Sojourner-Douglas College, 1987; Salem State College, 
1987; Rutgers University, 1988; St. Joseph's College, 1988; University 
of Lowell, 1988; Colgate University, 1989; Drury College, 1989; Florida 
International University, 1989; St. Lawrence University, 1989; 
University of Wisconsin, 1989; University of Hartford, 1990; Ohio 
Wesleyan University, 1990; Wake Forest University, 1990; Fisk 
University, 1991; Tougalvo University, 1992; University of Southern 
Connecticut, 1992; professional: professor of law, Georgetown 
University, 1982-90; past / present member: chair, New York Commission 
on Human Rights, 1970-76; chair, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 1977-81; Community Foundation of Greater Washington, board; 
Yale Corporation, 1982-88; trustee, Rockefeller Foundation, 1982-90; 
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, Pennsylvania and in the U.S. Supreme Court; 
Council on Foreign Relations; Overseas Development Council; U.S. 
Committee to Monitor the Helsinki ac

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cords; Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia; boards of Martin Luther King, 
Jr. Center for Social Change and Environmental Law Institute; Workplace 
Health Fund; honors awards: Harper Fellow, Yale Law School, 1976, (for 
``a person . . . who has made a distinguished contribution to the public 
life of the nation . . .''); Yale Law School Association Citation of 
Merit Medal to the Outstanding Alumnus of the Law School, 1980; 
Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer, University of California Law School 
(Boalt Hall), Berkeley, 1981; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, John 
F. Kennedy School of Government, spring 1984; Visiting Phi Beta Kappa 
Scholar, 1985; Distinguished Public Service Award, Center for National 
Policy, 1985; Ralph E. Shikes Bicentennial Fellow, Harvard Law School, 
1987; One Hundred Most Important Women (Ladies Home Journal, 1988); One 
Hundred Most Powerful Women in Washington (The Washingtonian magazine, 
September 1989); divorced; two children: John and Katherine; committees: 
Homeland Security; Oversight and Government Reform; Transportation and 
Infrastructure; elected to the 102nd Congress on November 6, 1990; 
reelected to each succeeding Congress.


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  Chief of Staff.--Sheila Bunn.                            FAX: 225-3002
  Legislative Director.--Bradley Truding.
  Executive Assistant.--Raven Roddey.
  Communications Director.--Sonsyrea Tate Montgomery.


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