Background
CHAFEE, John was born on October 22, 1922 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of John Sharpe and Janet Hunter Chafee.
CHAFEE, John was born on October 22, 1922 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of John Sharpe and Janet Hunter Chafee.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, 1964.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Providence College, 1965. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Rhode Island, 1965. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Jacksonville University, 1970.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bryant College, 1979.
Second lieutenant United States Marine Corps, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, 1942-1945, captain, rifle company commander, 1951-1953. Practice law Providence, 1952-1962, 73-76. Member Rhode Island House of Representatives 3d District Warwick, 1957-1962, minority leader, 1959-1962.
Governor State Rhode Island, 1963-1969. Secretary Navy, 1969-1972. Member United States Senate from Rhode Island, from 1977.
Chairman environmental & public works committee 104th Congress. Chairman Committee on Environmental and Public Works. Medical Committee Finance, Joint Committee on Taxation, Select Committee on Intelligence.
Chairman Republican Governor's Association, 1967. Member corporation Yale, 1972-1978. Trustee Deerfield Academy, 1970-1979.
Member Rhode Island Bar, Federal Bar Association.
Squash, tennis, sailing, skiing.
Married Virginia Coates, November 4, 1950. Children: Zachariah, Lincoln, John, Georgia, Quentin.