Background
Mondale, Walter Frederick was born on January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota, United States. Son of Theodore Sigvaard and Claribel Hope (Cowan) Mondale.
Mondale, Walter Frederick was born on January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota, United States. Son of Theodore Sigvaard and Claribel Hope (Cowan) Mondale.
University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1952. Bachelor of Laws, 1956). Attorney General, State of Minnesota, 1960-1964.
United States Senator, 1964 1976. Vice President, United States, 1977-1980. (Also at Minneapolis, Minnesota and New York, New York Offices).
Law clerk Minnesota Supreme Court. Private practice law, 1956-1960. Attorney general State of Minnesota, 1960-1964.
United States Senator from Minnesota, 1964-1977. Vice president United States, 1977-1981. Member National Security Council, 1977-1981.
Member firm Winston & Strawn LLP, 1981-1987. United States ambassador to Japan United States Department State, Tokyo, 1993-1996, presidential envoy to Indonesia, 1998. Partner Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, 1987—1993, partner, international corporation practice group, senior counsel, since 1997.
Chairman National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 1986—1993.
Bar: Minnesota 1956.
Author: The Accountability of Power*Toward a Responsible Presidency, 1975. Member Minnesota Law Review.
Democratic nominee for President United States, 1984. Honorary consul general to Norway Norwegian Ministry Foreign Affairs, Minneapolis, since 2008. With United States Army, 1951-1953.
Married Joan Adams, December 27, 1955. Children: Theodore, Eleanor, William.
