Background
Gravel, Mike was born on May 13, 1930 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alphonse and Maria (Bourassa) Gravel.
United States Senator from Alaska
Gravel, Mike was born on May 13, 1930 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alphonse and Maria (Bourassa) Gravel.
Student, American International University, 1950—1951. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1956.
Member Alaska House Representatives, 1962—1966, speaker, 1965—1966. United States Senator from Alaska, 1969—1981. Founder, president The Democracy Foundation, 1989.
Special adjutant in the Communication Intelligence Services and as a Special Agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps. United States Army, 1951-1953.
Alaska House of Representatives 1962-1966.
Married Rita Jeannette Martin, 1959 (divorced). Married Whitney Stewart, 1984. Children: Martin Anthony, Lynne Denise.