Background
Bayh, Birch Evans was born on January 22, 1928 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Birch Evans and Leah (Hollingsworth) Bayh.
Bayh, Birch Evans was born on January 22, 1928 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Birch Evans and Leah (Hollingsworth) Bayh.
Purdue University (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, 1951). Indiana University (Juris Doctor, 1960).
Worked at Bayh & Connaughton, Professional Corporation (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Legislative and Regulatory Affairs. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Indiana. 1964, United States. Supreme Court.
1978, District of Columbia and United States.
Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Indiana Law Journal, 1959-1960.
Author: "The Involvement of the Bar in the War Against Poverty," Notre Dame Lawyer, 1966. "Equal Rights Amendment," Indiana Law Journal, 1972.
"Need for the Equal Rights Amendment," Notre Dame Lawyer, 1972.
"Congressional Response to Zurcher v. Stanford Daily," Indiana Law Journal, 1980. "The Twenty-fifth Amendment: Dealing with Presidential Disability," Wake Forest Law Review, Fall, 1995.
Member, Indiana General Assembly, 1955-1963.
Speaker of House of Representatives, 1959-1960. Minority Floor Leader, 1957-1961.
United States Senator, 1963-1981. Chairman: National Alcohol Fuels Commission, 1979-1981.
Office of Technology Assessment, Assessment Study on Patent System, 1981.
National Railroad Passenger Corporation Productivity Council, 1983-1989. National Mental Health Association"s National Commission on the Insanity Defense, 1983. Chairman, National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence, 1984-1993.
University of Virginia Commission on Presidential Disability and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, 1985-1988.
Honorary Chairman, The Foundation for Change, Incorporated., 1989. Member: Board of Directors, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Action Council, 1993-1995.
Board of Directors, National Intellectual Property Law Institute, 1993. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Indiana State and American Bar Associations.
Member National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence, Fullbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Member of Mental Health Association (member National Commission on Insanity Defense).
Married Marvella Hern, August 24, 1952 (deceased April 1979). 1 son, Birch Evans III. Married Katherine Halpin, 1981.
1 son, Christopher John.