Background

• Sept. 8, 1938: Born in Macon, Georgia
• 1956: Attended Georgia Tech, joined Phi Delta Theta
• 1960: Graduated from Emory University
• 1962: Graduated from Emory University School of Law
• 1959 - 1960: Served in the U.S. Coast Guard
• 1960 - 1968: Served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve

Professional Positions

• 1968 - 1972: Served in the Georgia House of Representatives
• 1972 - 1997: Served in the U.S. Senate, representing Georgia
  
  • Served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
  • Served on the Intelligence and Small Business Committees

Post-political Positions:

• 1997 - 2003: Partner at King & Spalding law firm in Atlanta, Ga.
• 1997 - present: Distinguished professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
• 2001 - present: Co-chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Advisory Board member for the not-for-profit Partnership for a Secure America
• Serves on the boards of the following corporations: Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, Dell Computer Corporation, General Electric Company

Accomplishments

• Legislative Achievements:
  
  • The landmark Department of Defense Reorganization Act, drafted with the late Senator Barry Goldwater
  • The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
• In 1994, Nunn joined Jimmy Carter and Colin Powell on a mission to Haiti to ask the military dictator Lieutenant General Raoul Cédras to step down. The delegation, formed by Bill Clinton, was successful, and democracy was restored.
• Eagle Scout

Criticism

Additional Information

• Nunn was a moderate/conservative Democrat: He was against allowing gays to openly serve in the military. He voted in favor of school prayer and against limiting death penalty appeals.

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