Steve Gunderson
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Alvin Baldus |
| Succeeded by | Ron Kind |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
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In office 1975–1979 |
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May 10, 1951 Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Steven Craig "Steve" Gunderson (born May 10, 1951, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin) is the former President and CEO of the Council on Foundations, the current president and CEO of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, and a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin.
Gunderson grew up near Whitehall, Wisconsin. After studying at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he went on to train at the Brown School of Broadcasting in Minneapolis.
Gunderson served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1975 to 1979 before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980, to represent Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. First elected to the 97th Congress, he served eight terms in the House and did not seek re-election to the 105th Congress in 1996. He was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President's Commission on White House Fellows in January 2010.
In 1994, Gunderson was outed as gay on the House floor by representative Bob Dornan (R-CA) during a debate over federal funding for gay-friendly curricula, making him one of the first openly gay members of Congress and the first openly gay Republican representative. In 1996, Gunderson was the only Republican in Congress to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act, and he has been a vocal supporter of gay rights causes since leaving Congress. During his time in the House, Gunderson was one of only two gay Republicans serving in Congress, the other being Jim Kolbe of Arizona.
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