Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 326-327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Democrat, of Washington, DC; born in
Washington, DC, June 13, 1937; 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; Distin
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guished Public Service Award, Center for National Policy, 1985;
Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer, University of California Law School
(Boalt Hall) at Berkeley, 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; ranking minority member, Subcommittee
on the District of Columbia, Government Reform and Oversight Committee;
member, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Public Buildings
and Economic Development Subcommittee, Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee; vice chair, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues;
divorced; two children: John and Katherine; elected to the 102nd
Congress on November 6, 1990; reelected November 2, 1992 and November 8,
1994.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/norton
1424 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
20515-5100............................................ 225-8050
Administrative Assistant/Press Secretary.--Donna
Brazile. FAX: 225-3002
Legislative Director.--Brian Seward.
Executive Assistant.--Larry Hoster.
Population (1980): 606,000 (plus).
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