Paul Sarbanes

Paul Spyros Sarbanes (born February 3, 1933), a Democrat, is the senior and current class 1 United States Senator representing the state of Maryland. Sarbanes has been the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served since 1977, but will not seek re-election in 2006.

Early life

Paul Sarbanes was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the city of Salisbury. His father and mother, Spyros and Matina, were immigrants from Laconia, Greece.

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Maryland - Eastern Shore - Salisbury - Laconia, Greece

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A graduate of Wicomico High School in Salisbury, Sarbanes received an academic and athletic scholarship to Princeton University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1954. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship that brought him to Balliol College in Oxford, England, graduating first in his class in 1957. Sarbanes then returned to the United States and attended Harvard Law School.

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Princeton University - 1954 - Rhodes Scholarship - Balliol College - Oxford, England - 1957 - Harvard Law School

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After graduating in 1960, he clerked for Federal Judge Morris A. Soper before entering private practice with two Baltimore, Maryland law firms. In June 1960, Sarbanes married Christine Dunbar of Brighton, England; they have three children and six grandchildren. Sarbanes is a member of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Baltimore.

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1960 - Morris A. Soper - Baltimore, Maryland - Brighton, England - Greek Orthodox

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