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Vol. 25:1 ISSN 0160-8460 April 1997
Senator James M. Jeffords Appointed to NHPRC
United States Senator James M. Jeffords of Vermont now represents the Senate on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott has chosen Senator Jeffords to succeed Mark Hatfield, who retired last year from the Senate.
"As an avid history buff, I know first-hand the importance of preserving our nation's historical treasures," Senator Jeffords said in accepting the appointment. "The inscription on the National Archives Building rings true: The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future."
Senator Jeffords has a B.S.I.A. degree from Yale University and an LL.B. from Harvard University. He served in the Navy and practiced law before winning election to the Vermont State Senate and then becoming Attorney General. He won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974 and to the Senate in 1988, where he is now serving a second term.
Senator Jeffords has been, among other things, co-founder and co-chairman of the Congressional Arts Caucus, vice chairman of the Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus, and an advisory member of the National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics. He has served on Senate Committees on Appropriations, Energy and Natural Resources, Labor and Human Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, and his committee service has included chairing the Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities.
