Steven Gunderson

Steven Gunderson

Steven Craig "Steve" Gunderson (born May 10, 1951 in Eau Claire , Wisconsin ) is an American politician and President of the Council on Foundations .

biography

Gunderson grew up in Whitehall . He studied at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . He then went to the Brown School of Broadcasting in Minneapolis . From 1975 to 1979 Gunderson was an MP for the Republican Party in the Wisconsin State Assembly . In 1980 he was elected a member of the United States House of Representatives. There he represented the third congressional district of Wisconsin. Gunderson was re-elected as a MP a total of eight times. In 1996 he resigned from Congress because he had not sought re-election.

Gunderson was one of the first openly gay politicians in the House of Representatives and is considered the first openly gay Republican politician in Congress. He voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 .

In 1997 Gunderson wrote the book House and Home . Gunderson became President of the Council on Foundations . Gunderson lives with Rob Morris, an architect.

Works

• House and Home , 1997

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CNN: Gunderson Leaves 'Increasingly Polarized' House
2. ↑ Gunderson: Steve Gunderson, President & CEO ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ CNN: Gunderson Leaves 'Increasingly Polarized' House

Web links

• Steven Gunderson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• HRC
• "Acts of Betrayal," by Michael Johns, National Review , October 23, 1995