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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

(Population 2000, 572,059)

DELEGATE

ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Democrat, of Washington, DC; born in Washington, DC, on 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; Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer, University of California Law School (Boalt Hall) at Berke [[Page 294]] ley, 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; committees: Government Reform; Transportation and Infrastructure; Select Committee on Homeland Security; 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; divorced; two children: John and Katherine; 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.--Vernard Portis. Communications Director.--Doxie McCoy. ZIP Codes: 20001-13, 20015-20, 20024, 20026-27, 20029-30, 20032-33,

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