1. Lee Herbert Hamilton was born on April 20,1931 and is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana.
30 Facts About Lee Hamilton
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Lee Hamilton is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and a former member of the US Homeland Security Advisory Council.
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Lee Hamilton was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, and raised in Evansville, Indiana.
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Lee Hamilton attended public schools and graduated from Evansville Central High School in 1948.
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Lee Hamilton graduated from DePauw in 1952, and from the Indiana University School of Law in 1956.
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Lee Hamilton worked as a lawyer in private practice for the next ten years in Columbus, Indiana.
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Lee Hamilton was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat as part of the national Democratic landslide of 1964.
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Lee Hamilton chaired many committees during his tenure in office, including the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Joint Committee on Printing, and others.
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Lee Hamilton remained in Congress until 1999; at the time he was one of two surviving members of the large Democratic freshman class of 1965.
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Lee Hamilton was viewed as a potential Democratic vice-presidential running mate in 1984,1988, and 1992, due to his foreign policy credentials and Indiana's potential to turn toward the Democratic Party due to economic concerns.
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Since leaving Congress, Mr Lee Hamilton has served as a member of the Hart-Rudman Commission, and was co-chairman of the Commission to Investigate Certain Security Issues at Los Alamos.
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Lee Hamilton sits on many advisory boards, including those to the CIA, the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the United States Army.
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Lee Hamilton is an Advisory Board member and Co-Chair for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy.
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Lee Hamilton is a member of the Board of Advisors of Albright Stonebridge Group.
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Lee Hamilton was appointed Co-Chair of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future from 2010 to 2012 alongside Brent Scowcroft.
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Lee Hamilton serves as a co-chair of the National Security Preparedness Group at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
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Lee Hamilton is a co-chair with Sandra Day O'Connor of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools.
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Lee Hamilton serves as an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America and for America Abroad Media.
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In 2004, Lee Hamilton released the book "How Congress Works and Why You Should Care", in which he explains the role, workings and the importance of Congress to everyday Americans, drawing on reflections of his time as House Representative.
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On February 25,2011, Lee Hamilton wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to commute Jonathan Pollard's sentence to time served.
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Mrs Lee Hamilton contributed thousands of hours at the INOVA Alexandria Virginia Hospital.
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Lee Hamilton is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.
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Lee H Hamilton serves as an honorary co-chair for the World Justice Project, an organization that works to strengthen the rule of law worldwide.
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In 1982, Lee Hamilton was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, in honor of his outstanding prep basketball career; he led the Evansville Central Bears to three deep runs in the IHSAA tournament.
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Lee Hamilton was selected All-State his senior season and was awarded the Trestor Award for mental attitude.
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Lee Hamilton later starred for the DePauw Tigers, leading them in scoring average in 1951 and rebounds in 1951 and 1952.
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In 2005, Lee Hamilton received the US Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.
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In 2007, Lee Hamilton was elected as an honorary fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration.
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In 2011, Lee Hamilton received the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Advancing American Democracy Award.
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In November 2015, Lee Hamilton was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House.