Gov. George Pataki |
PROFILE
Current | 53rd
Governor of New York State. (Elected Nov. 8, 1994; re-elected
Nov.
3, 1998). Has a political action committee, the 21st Century Freedom PAC. |
Career | Elected to the
New York
State Senate in 1992 and served until inaugurated as Governor in Jan.
1995. Member of the New York State Assembly, 1985-92. Mayor of Peekskill, 1981-84; the youngest mayor in the history of the city. Worked for a New York law firm; served as counsel to two state senate committees. |
Activities |
Author, with
Daniel Paisner,
of Pataki: An Autobiography (Viking, 1998). |
Education | Yale
University, bachelor's degree 1967. Columbia Law School, J.D.
1970. |
Family | Wife
the former Elizabeth (Libby) Rowland. Four children: Emily,
Teddy,
Allison and George Owen. |
Religion | Catholic.
|
Age | 53
years old. Born June 24, 1945 in Peekskill, New York, on the
family
farm. |