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Dianne Feinstein's Biography

Deceased

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Full Name:

Dianne Feinstein

Gender:

Female

Family:

Widowed; 1 Child: Katherine; 3 Stepchildren

Birth Date:

06/22/1933

Birth Place:

San Francisco, CA

Home City:

San Francisco, CA

Religion:

Jewish

BA, History, Stanford University, 1955

Senator, United States Senate, California, 1992-2023

Candidate, United States Senate, California, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2018

Candidate, Governor of California, 1990

Mayor, City of San Francisco, 1978-1988

President, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, 1970-1971, 1974-1975, 1978

Member, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, 1969-1978

Co-Chair, Anti-Methamphetamine Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Dairy Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Former Mayors Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Senate Cancer Coalition, present

Chair, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, present

Co-Chair, Senate Women's Caucus on Burma, present

Former Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate

Former Member, Congressional Baltic Congress

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Study Group on Japan

Former Member, Democratic Policy Committee

Former Chair, Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

Former Co-Chair, National Dialogue on Cancer Policy Committee

Former Chair, Rules and Administration Committee, United States Senate

Former Chair, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety

Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights, and Federal Courts, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, United States Senate

Former Co-Chair, Western Senate Coalition

Former Co-Chair, Women's Council, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Former Intern, Coro Foundation

Director, Bank of California, 1988-1989

Member, Aspen Strategy Group, 1997-present

Former Vice Chair, C-Change: Collaborating to Conquer Cancer

Former Member, Inter-American Dialogue

Former Member, Senate Centrist Coalition

Member, Biderberg Foreign Policy Conference, 1991

Member, Japan Society of Northern California, 1988-1989

Co-Chair, Permanent Fund, San Francisco Education Fund, 1988-1989

Member, Trilateral Commission, 1988

Chair, San Francisco Advisory Committee for Adult Detention, 1966-1968

Member, California Women's Board of Terms and Parole, 1960-1966

Astrological Sign:

Cancer

Awards:

Public Service Award, American Society of Hematology, December 2003

Charles Dick Medal of Merit, California National Guard, October 2007

Spirit of Enterprise Award , U.S. Chamber of Commerce, March 2002

Funding Hero Award, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, October 2004

Lifetime of Idealism Award, City Year, June 2004

Legislator of the Year Award, California School Resource Officers' Association, June 2004

Legislator of the Year Award, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association, 2007

Special Recognition Award, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, September 2000

Congressional Leader of the Year Award, League of California Cities, May 2006

The Pat Brown Legacy Award, The Edmund G. 'Pat' Brown Institute of Public Affairs at Cal State LA, April 2004

William Penn Mott Jr. Park Leadership Award, March 2006

Community Health Centers Leadership Award, Alta Med Health Services Corporation, April 2004

Water Drop Award, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, 2002

Outstanding Member of the U.S. Senate Award, National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition, February 2005

Grammy on the Hill Award, Recording Academy, September 2006

Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, October 2001

Leadership Award for the Fight Against Cancer, National Asian Women's Health Organization, April 2000

Soaring Eagle Award, California Public Employee Retirement System, December 2001

Women of Achievement Award, Century City Chamber of Commerce, October 2004

Top 5 Centrists, Congressional Quarterly's Top 50 Members of Congress, 2000

Friend of the Watershed Award, Ventura County Association of Water Agencies, November 2004

Western States Service Award, Western States Policy Council, February 2002

Julian C. Dixon Award, Mobility 21 Coalition, August 2004

Outstanding International Public Service Award, World Affairs Council, 2012

Crystal Eagle Award, Coro Foundation, April 12, 2003

National Distinguished Advocacy Award., American Cancer Society, September 2004

Winning Spirit Award for Leadership, Women's Information Network Against Breast Cancer, March 2000

Torch of Liberty Award, Anti-Defamation League, March 2002

Dr. Nathan Davis Award, American Medical Association, February 2002

Father's Name:

Leon Goldman

Father's Occupation:

Surgeon

Priority Issues:

Stem Cell Research

Social Security

Nuclear Weapons

Judges

Foreign Policy

Assault Weapons

Publications:

"Dianne Feinstein," in Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2006.

Feinstein, Dianne, et al., Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate. New York: Perennial, 2001.

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