Background
Walgren, Douglas was born on December 28, 1940 in Richester, New York, United States.
United States representative politician
Walgren, Douglas was born on December 28, 1940 in Richester, New York, United States.
He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1963, and received his Bachelor of Laws from Stanford University in 1966.
While at Stanford, he roomed off-campus with Doctor K. Barry Sharpless, who went on to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in chemistry. Walgren was staff attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1968, and then he engaged in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1969 to 1972. He served as corporate counsel for Behavioral Research Laboratories, Incorporated. in Palo Alto, California, from 1973 to 1975.
He was elected in 1976 as a Democrat to the 95th and to the six succeeding Congresses.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1990. Walgren was defeated by Rick Santorum, who, four years later, was elected Pennsylvania"s junior United States Senator.
Board member National Center for Rehabilitation Medical, National Institutes of Health, 1993—1995, Center Organ Recovery and Education, Alliance for American Manufacturing. Member of District of Columbia Bar Association, California Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Married.