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Center on Politics and Foreign Relations| Political Profiles

Rick Santorum

BORN: May 10, 1958 in Winchester, Virginia  Rick Santorum


EDUCATION: B.A. degree in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University in

 1980
  M.B.A degree from University of Pittsburgh in 1981
  (member of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity)
  Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Dickinson School of Law in 1986


CAREER:

    Republican Conference chairman 2001-2007 directed the communications
operations of Senate Republicans and was a frequent party spokesperson.
Former United States Senator from Pennsylvania 1995 – 2007
- Worked to counter the threat of radical Islam, to protect victims of religious persecution and to promote democracy and religious liberty around the world.
    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 – 1995
    Admitted to the bar in 1986
Director of Pennsylvania State Senate Transportation Committee 1984-1986
Administrative assistant to Pennsylvania State Senator J. Doyle Corman 1981- 1986
Director of Pennsylvania State senate local government committee 1981- 1984

Possible run for presidential run in 2012
   
He and his wife Karen have seven children.

Sources:

Santorum, Rick. Rick Santorum: A Senator Speaks Out on Life, Freedom, and Responsibility. Washington, DC: Monument Press, 2005; Santorum, Rick. It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2005.

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