Steve Gunderson

Steven Craig "Steve" Gunderson ( born May 10, 1951 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin ) is an American politician and President of the Council on Foundations.

Biography

Gunderson grew up in Whitehall. He studied at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Then he went to the Brown School of Broadcasting in Minneapolis. From 1975 to 1979, Gunderson was a member of the Republican Party in the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1980 he was elected as an MP in the House of Representatives of the United States. There he represented the third congressional district of Wisconsin. Gunderson was eight times re-elected as an MP. In 1996 he resigned from the Congress because he had not sought re-election.

Gunderson was one of the first openly gay politicians in the House and is considered the first openly gay politician of the Republicans in Congress. He voted against the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.

1997 Gunderson wrote the book House and Home. Gunderson became president of the Council on Foundations. Gunderson lives with Rob Morris, an architect, together.

Works

  • House and Home, 1997
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