| LC control no. | no2002041999 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Durbin, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944- |
| Variant(s) | Durbin, Dick, 1944- |
| Birth date | 1944-11-21 |
| Place of birth | East Saint Louis (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service Georgetown University. Law Center Southern Illinois University School of Medicine United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | "Beneath the Veil"'s Mauvis Leno and Eleanor Famel, 2001: credits (Dick Durbin) Congressional staff directory, c2001: (Richard J. Durbin; full name, Richard Joseph Durbin; b. Nov. 21, 1944) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, June 13, 2013: (Durbin, Richard Joseph, Senate years of service: 1997- ; a Senator and a Representative from Illinois; born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., November 21, 1944; graduated from Assumption High School, East St. Louis 1962; B.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC 1966; intern in the office of Illinois Senator Paul Douglas during his senior year in college; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1969; admitted to the Illinois bar 1969, and commenced practice in Springfield; legal counsel to Illinois Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon 1969-1972; legal counsel, Illinois State senate judiciary committee 1972-1982; Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois 1978; associate professor, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 1978-1983; delegate, Democratic National Conventions 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996; chairman of Illinois state delegation in 1996; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 2, 1997); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1996; reelected in 2002, and again in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015; Democratic party whip (2005-)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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