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Dale Kildee

Dale Kildee
Dale Kildee, official portrait, 111th Congress.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 5th district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by Jim Barcia
Succeeded by Dan Kildee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 9th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Guy Vander Jagt
Succeeded by Joe Knollenberg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 7th district
In office
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by Donald Riegle
Succeeded by Nick Smith
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 29th district
In office
January 1975 – December 1976
Preceded by Garland B. Lane
Succeeded by Harold J. Scott
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 81st district
In office
January 1965 – December 1974
Succeeded by Mark Clodfelter
Personal details
Born (1929-09-16) September 16, 1929 (age 87)
Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Gayle Kildee
Children Paul
Laura
David
Residence Flint, Michigan
Alma mater Sacred Heart Seminary
University of Michigan
Occupation Politician
Profession Teacher
Committees House Committee on Education (senior)
Early Childhood Committee
subcommittee on Native American and Alaska Native Affairs

Dale Edward Kildee (born September 16, 1929) is a retired U.S. Representative from Michigan, serving from 1977 until 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

His district included Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his current term was up in 2012. He was succeeded by his nephew Dan Kildee.

Kildee was born in Flint, Michigan on September 16, 1929 to Timothy and Norma Kildee. He was the fourth of five children. In his senior year of high school, he won the American Legion Medal of Citizenship. In 1947, Kildee received his high school diploma from St. Mary's High School.

He earned his B.A. from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan in 1952. He earned a teacher's certificate from the University of Detroit in 1955. He did graduate work in history and political science at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan from 1958 to 1959 under a Rotary Foundation Fellowship. He earned an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1961. He was a teacher at the Detroit Jesuit High School from 1954-56. Coming back in 1956 to Flint, Dale taught Latin until 1964.


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