Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr.
June 16, 2008
Born: Sept. 8, 1938.
Hometown: Perry, Ga.
Education: Georgia Tech University, Emory University School of Law.
Military service: US Coast Guard Reserve.
Political career: Georgia House of Representatives, 1968-1972; US Senate, 1972-1997.
Senate highlights: Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, 1987 to 1995; chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Investigations; drafted the Defense Department Reorganization Act of 1986; co-sponsored the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program to secure nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union.
Private sector: Law firm of King and Spalding; board member of Coca-Cola, Chevron, Dell Computer, and General Electric; distinguished professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at George Tech University; cochairman of the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Family: Married to Colleen O'Brien Nunn, has two children. Grand-nephew of Carl Vinson, member of the US House of Representatives, 1914 to 1965.
SOURCES: Library of Congress, the Nuclear Threat Initiative 
