Education
Trible graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
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Trible graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
He is currently president of
In 1971, he received a Juris Doctor degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law and was soon after admitted to the Virginia Bar. He served as a law clerk for a federal judge from 1971 to 1972, and then as an assistant United States. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia from 1972 to 1974. In 1973, Trible was elected as Commonwealth"s Attorney for Essex County, Virginia, serving from 1974 to 1976.
He was appointed to the Virginia Law Enforcement Officers Training and Standards Commission in 1976 and in November was elected to the United States. House of Representatives, winning reelection in 1978 and 1980.
In 1982, Trible received the Republican nomination for the United States. Senate seat being vacated by Harry F. Byrd, Junior., defeating Lieutenant Governor Richard Joseph Davis, Junior. in the general election.
After serving in the United States. Senate from 1983 to 1989, Trible declined to seek reelection in 1988. In 1989, between his retirement from the Senate, and his run for governor, Trible was a teaching fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
After his political career, Trible briefly returned to practicing law with Laxalt, Washington, Perito and Dubuc of Washington, District of Columbia and Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Giordano and Kahle, Professional Corporation of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Elections
1976: Elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 48.56% of the vote, defeating Robert East. Quinn (Doctorate) and Mary B. McClaine (I). 1978: Re-elected with 72.06% of the vote defeating Lewis B. Puller, Junior. (Doctorate). 1980: Re-elected with 90.48% of the vote defeating Sharon Doctorate. Grant (Doctorate).
1982: Elected to the United States. Senate with 51.18% of the vote, defeating Richard J. Davis (Doctorate).
On January 1, 1996, Trible became the fifth president of Trible also serves on the Council of Presidents of Virginia’s public colleges and universities, as well as Chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III President"s Council.
In 1989, Trible was the early favorite to capture the Grand Old Party nomination for governor. However, Marshall Coleman narrowly won the nomination and ultimately lost to Democrat L. Douglas Wilder. The 35-year-old institution had recently achieved full university status and his arrival came at a time when the school was undergoing many changes as it evolved from a community college to a university. He is married to Rosemary (Dunaway) Trible and they have two children, Mary Katherine, who is married to Doctor Barrett W. R. Peters. And Paul, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Ledbury, who is married to Brittany (Gordon) Trible.
During the last year of his Senate term, he served simultaneously as a member of the United States. Delegation to the United Nations.
