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Biography of Sam NunnName: Sam NunnBirth Date: September 25, 1938 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Perry, Georgia, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: senator, legislator, politician Sam Nunn An expert on national defense and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 100th Congress (1987-1989), Sam Nunn (born 1938) was elected to the United States Senate from Georgia from 1972 until his retirement in 1996.Sam Nunn's capacity for winning Democratic senatorial elections in Republican years classified him as a "Boy Wonder" of Georgia and the New South. In 1972, when Richard Nixon took nearly 70 percent of the vote in his state, Nunn won his first election to the United States Senate by a comfortable 54 percent against Republican Fletcher Thompson. Again in 1984, when Ronald Reagan captured Georgia by over 60 percent, Sam Nunn won his third election, against Mike Hicks, by a whopping 80 percent. And in the 1984 election he had the support of his Republican senatorial colleague from Georgia, Mack Mattingly.Born in Perry, Georgia, on September 25, 1938, Sam Nunn was the son of Samuel A. and Elizabeth (Canon) Nunn. Educated in Perry's public …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Quarterly Weekly (August 17, 1996) called Nunn a potential candidate for the year 2000 presidential elections. In 2001, Nunn said that the United States was "highly vulnerable" to chemical and biological attacks and decided to co-chair the Nuclear Threat Initiative with Ted Turner. In this capacity, Nunn and Turner routed million to alleviate Russia's risk from nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. In 2002, Nunn showed up on the "short list" for the Nobel Peace Prize. Associated Organizations Further Reading No books and few biographical periodical articles exist on Sam Nunn. His most significant contribution to the disarmament issue, the strategic "build-down" concept, is described in Alton Frye, "Strategic Build-Down: A Context for Restraint," Foreign Affairs, (Winter 1983); his growing importance in national politics is discussed in R. W. Apple, Jr., "Delivering the South," New York Times Magazine, (November 30), 1986; his continued work after retirement is followed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of Atlanta, Georgia (January 1, 2001; September 26, 2001; February 9, 2002; October 5, 2002). |