Sasser, James R

LC control no.	n 80000585
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Sasser, James R. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Sasser, Jim
Birth date	1936-09-30
Place of birth	Memphis, Tenn.
Affiliation	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University. School of Law United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) United States. Department of State
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Ambassadors
Found in	His Senators' report on refugees, 1979: t.p. (Senator James R. Sasser of Tennessee) U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Foreign Relations. Nomination hearings of James Sasser ... 1996: t.p. (James Sasser) p. 1 (to be U.S. ambassador to the People's Republic of China) p. 8 (Jim Sasser, of Tennessee; Senator Sasser) p. 12 (James R. Sasser) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed August 22, 2013 (Sasser, James Ralph, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., September 30, 1936; attended the public schools of Nashville; attended the University of Tennessee 1954-1955; graduated, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 1958; graduated, Vanderbilt Law School 1961; admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1961 and commenced practice in Nashville; served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve 1957-1963; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1976; reelected in 1982 and 1988 and served from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1995; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1994; chairman, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred First and One Hundred Second Congresses); fellow, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1995; appointed ambassador to the People's Republic of China by President William Jefferson Clinton, September 22, 1995, confirmed December 14, 1995, and served until 2001; is a resident of Washington, D.C.) OCLC, August 26, 2013 (access points: Sasser, James R.; Sasser, Jim; usage: James R. Sasser, James Sasser, Jim Sasser)
Associated language	eng