19 Facts About Tim Bishop

Tim Bishop is the son of Catherine and Howard Cortland Bishop.

Tim Bishop received a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross in 1972 and a master's degree from Long Island University in 1981.

Tim Bishop began working at Southampton College in 1973 as an admissions counselor.

Tim Bishop served as provost at the college for 16 years.

Tim Bishop served as the college's director of financial aid, assistant director of admissions, registrar, director of institutional research and planning, dean for enrollment services, and dean for administrative and student services.

Sillerman, Tim Bishop developed the most successful single fund-raising event in the college's history, the All for the Sea rock concerts which grossed as much as $1 million annually.

Tim Bishop ran unopposed for the Democratic, Working Families and Independence Party nominations.

Tim Bishop was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program, a program designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading into the 2014 election.

Tim Bishop faced Republican nominee Lee Zeldin, whom he had defeated in 2008, in the general election.

Tim Bishop supported and voted for the Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Tim Bishop voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011, which provided for further gradual increments in the debt limit.

Tim Bishop participated in the bipartisan coalition of elected officials and community advocates that saved the 106th Air Rescue Wing located at Gabreski Airport from being shut down by the Pentagon's base closure commission.

Tim Bishop supported the Shinnecock Indian tribe's successful attempts at gaining formal federal recognition.

Tim Bishop supported a $160,000 line-item for the Shinnecock Nation in President Obama's 2013 budget proposal.

In September 2013, the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further review of an August 2012 incident in which Tim Bishop was accused of soliciting a campaign contribution from hedge fund magnate Eric Semler in exchange for acting in an official capacity to obtain a fireworks permit for Semler's son's bar mitzvah on Long Island.

In September 2014, the Justice Department closed its investigation without filing charges, although the ethics probe remained open until Tim Bishop left office in January 2015.

Tim Bishop has accepted positions on the Board of Directors of Social Accountability International and The Sergeant Sullivan Center.

On March 20,2018, Tim Bishop was confirmed by the Suffolk County Legislature to a five-year term on the Suffolk County Water Authority.

Tim Bishop is married to Kathryn, founder and director of The Children's School Early Childhood program at Southampton College, and has two daughters, Molly and Meghan.