Background
Nunn, Sam was born on September 8, 1938 in Perry, Georgia, United States. Son of Samuel Augustus and Elizabeth (Cannon) Nunn.
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Nunn, Sam was born on September 8, 1938 in Perry, Georgia, United States. Son of Samuel Augustus and Elizabeth (Cannon) Nunn.
Georgia Technology College, and Emory University. Emory University and Emory University Law School, Atlanta.
Legal counsel armed services committee United States House Representatives, 1963. Member firm Nunn, Geiger & Rampey, Perry, Georgia, 1964-1973. Member Georgia House Representatives, 1968-1972.
United States Senator from Georgia, 1972-1996. Chairman United States Senate Armed Services Committee, 1987—1995. Partner King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, 1997—2003.
Distinguished professor Georgia Institute of Technology Sam Nunn School International Affairs, since 1997. Co-chairman, Chief Executive Officer Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, since 2003. Chairman board trustees Center Strategic & International Studies.
Member Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987. Board directors Texaco, 1997-2001, ChevronTexaco Corporation, 2001-2005, Chevron Corporation, since 2005, The Coca-Cola Company, since 1997, General Electric Company, since 1997, Dell Inc. (formerly Dell Computer Corporation), since 1999.
Served in United States Coast Guard, 1959-1968.
Member, Bar of the United States. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1996. Member: State Bar of Georgia.
Military: With United States.
Coast Guard, 1959-1960. Reserve, 1960-1968.
Married Colleen O'Brien, September 25, 1965. Children: Michelle, Brian.