Reply #7: Howard Dean Bio Box

[MelissaB]

Howard Dean Bio Box

Associated Press


NAME: Howard Dean.

AGE-BIRTH DATE: 56; Nov. 17, 1948.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, Yale University, 1971; Medical degree, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1978.

EXPERIENCE: Democratic presidential candidate, 2003-2004; governor of Vermont, 1991-2002; lieutenant governor of Vermont, 1986-91; member of the Vermont House of Representatives, 1983-1986; physician in private practice specializing in internal medicine, 1978-91.

FAMILY: Wife, Judy; two children.

POLITICAL HEROES: President Washington, because he established the precedent that the office is greater than the person who occupies it, and Truman, because he made tough decisions and didn't base them on polls.

QUOTE: "We don't need to apologize for our principles. We need to talk about them in a different way." - Dean telling Democrats on Friday how they can do a better job of explaining their positions to voters.

Link: http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/10885710.htm