Simon, Paul, 1928-2003

LC control no.	n 50023670
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Simon, Paul, 1928-2003 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1928-11-29
Death date	2003-12-09
Place of birth	Eugene (Or.)
Place of death	Springfield (Ill.)
Affiliation	University of Oregon Dana College (Blair, Neb.) United States. Army Sangamon State University John F. Kennedy School of Government Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives Illinois. General Assembly. Senate Illinois. Office of Lieutenant Governor United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lieutenant governors Newspaper editors Publishers and publishing College teachers
Found in	His Lovejoy, martyr to freedom, 1964. WW Amer., 1986/87 (Simon, Paul; b. Eugene, Or., 11/29/28; U.S. Senator from Ill., 1985- ) Biog. dir. U.S. Congress WWW site, May 5, 2006 (Simon, Paul Martin; b. Eugene, Or., Nov. 29, 1928; d. Dec. 9, 2003, Springfield, Ill.; Democratic representative (Jan. 3, 1975-Jan. 3, 1985) and senator (Jan. 3, 1985-Jan. 3, 1997) from Ill.) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, September 5, 2013: (Simon, Paul Martin, Senate years of service: 1985-1997; a Representative and Senator from Illinois; born in Eugene, Lane County, Oreg., November 29, 1928; attended the public schools of Eugene and Concordia Academy High School, Portland, Oreg.; attended the University of Oregon, Eugene 1945-1946 and Dana College, Blair, Nebr., 1946-1948; pursued career as a newspaper editor and publisher in Troy, Ill., eventually building a chain of fourteen weeklies; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; teacher at Sangamon State University, Springfield, Ill., 1972-1973, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government 1973; served in the Illinois house of representatives 1955-1963 and in the Illinois State senate 1963-1968; lieutenant governor of Illinois 1969-1973; author; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974 and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate; reelected in 1990 and served from January 3, 1985, to January 3, 1997; was not a candidate for reelection in 1996; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988; director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, 1997-2003; was a resident of Carbondale, Ill., until his death following heart surgery in Springfield, Ill., on December 9, 2003; interment in a family plot near Makanda, Ill.)
Associated language	eng