AGE: 69; born May 12, 1937, in Mineola, N.Y.

EDUCATION: 1959, bachelor’s degree in history, Yale University; 1961, master’s degree from Yale University.

CAREER: 1961-62, served as a foreign service officer in the State Department; 1962-63, worked as an assistant in the Kennedy White House to establish a domestic Peace Corps; In 1964, served as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Harrison A. Williams Jr., D-N.J.; 1965-69, taught government, politics and history at St. Paul’s, in Concord, N.H.; In 1968, served as New Hampshire state coordinator for U.S. Sen. Eugene McCarthy’s presidential primary campaign; In 1970, made unsuccessful bid for Congress, losing to U.S. Rep. Hastings Keith; In 1972, won his first term in Congress, serving until 1997. In July 1983, Studds was censured by the U.S. House of Representatives after it was revealed he had had a sexual relationship a decade earlier with a 17-year-old page. After retiring from Congress, Studds served as a consultant on fisheries issues and ocean outreach.

FAMILY: May 24, 2004, married longtime partner Dean Hara.

AP-ES-10-14-06 1434EDT