Dan Glickman

A Representative from Kansas; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., November 24, 1944; graduated from Southeast High School, Wichita, Kans., 1962; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1966; J.D., George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1969; lawyer, private practice; member of the Wichita, Kans., school board, 1973-1976; United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 1969-1970; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1995); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada; chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994; Secretary of Agriculture, 1995-2001; director, Institute of Politics at Harvard University, 2002-2004; private advocate. Daniel R. Glickman, 63 Mr. Glickman has served as a member of our board of directors since 2001. Since 2004, Mr. Glickman has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Mr. Glickman currently serves as a director of the Hain-Celestial Corporation. Mr. Glickman previously served as Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government from 2002 to 2004 and, until 2004, had been a Senior Advisor in the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, where he was a partner from 2001. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 through 2001 and as a member of the U.S. Congress, representing a district in Kansas, from 1977 through 1995.