14 Facts About Dale Kildee

Dale Edward Kildee was an American politician who served as US Representative of Michigan from 1977 to 2013.

In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his term was up in 2012.

Dale Kildee was born in Flint, Michigan on September 16,1929 to Timothy and Norma Dale Kildee.

In 1947, Dale Kildee received his high school diploma from St Mary's High School.

Dale Kildee earned a teacher's certificate from the University of Detroit in 1955.

Dale Kildee did graduate work in history and political science at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan from 1958 to 1959 under a Rotary Foundation Fellowship.

Dale Kildee served as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives 81st district from 1965 to 1974.

Dale Kildee won Bay, Saginaw, and Genesee Counties.

In 1997, Dale Kildee founded the House's Native American Caucus to advocate Native American issues.

In 2010, Dale Kildee revealed that he would be voting for the Senate version of the Health Care reform bill without the Stupak Amendment language restricting federal abortion funding.

Dale Kildee was a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and served as ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Education Reform and a member of the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Dale Kildee was a member of the House Committee on Resources, where he sat on the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.

Dale Kildee met his future wife Gayle, a French teacher, while teaching at Central High School.

Dale Kildee died on October 13,2021, in Arlington, Virginia, at the age of 92.