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David Lyle Boren (born April 21 , 1941 ) served as Governor Of Oklahoma from 1975 until 1979 , and as a Democratic United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1979 until 1994 . He is currently President of the University Of Oklahoma . BIOGRAPHY Boren is a graduate of Yale University ( 1963 ), where he was elected Speaker of the Yale Political Union and was a member of the college fraternity/secret society Skull And Bones . He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a master degree in Philosophy, Politics And Economics from Oxford University ( 1965 ), serving later as a member of the Rhodes Scholarship selection committee. In 1968 , he received a law degree from the University Of Oklahoma College of Law. Boren had several strong mentors: Boren's father Lyle H. Boren was a U.S. Congressman, and close personal friend and political associate of former U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) and former U.S. House Speaker Carl Albert. His son is U.S. Representative Dan Boren , elected in 2004. His daughter Carrie is a Los Angeles Methodist minister and a former actress. He has been married twice, to the former Janna Little and currently to Molly Shi. IN THE SENATE In the U.S. Senate, Boren was known as a centrist and fiscal conservative Democrat , often aligning with Democratic moderates like Sam Nunn and Howell Heflin . Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), who served with Sen. Boren, publicly stated that Boren should be elected President. Boren's Chief of Staff was respected Capitol Hill insider, Charles Ward, former longtime Administrative Assistant to Speaker Albert. Boren served on the Finance and Agriculture Committees and was also the longest-serving chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence. Boren authored the National Security Education Act of 1991 , which established the National Security Education Program. Boren decided in 1990 to vote against the Persian Gulf War , surprising most observers. In a controversial public ''mea culpa'' in a New York Times Op/Ed piece, Boren expressed regret over his vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas . Somewhat as a result,The Daily Oklahoman, the largest newspaper in Oklahoma, which had sponsored and endorsed Boren's entire career, began calling for his retirement from the U.S. Senate. AFTER THE SENATE Mr. Boren currently serves as President of the University of Oklahoma, and sits on Board Of Directors of Texas Instruments . |
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