Dennis DeConcini

Dennis DeConcini
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis DeConcini in the early 1980s
United States Senator
from Arizona
In office
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by Paul Fannin
Succeeded by Jon Kyl
Personal details
Born May 8, 1937 (1937-05-08) (age 74)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Patty
Residence California, Washington, Arizona
Alma mater University of Arizona
Profession Attorney
Religion Roman Catholic
Website U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini: Arizona
Military service
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service US Army (1959-60)

US Army Reserve (1960-67)

Rank Judge Advocate General Corps
Battles/wars Vietnam

Dennis Webster DeConcini (born May 8, 1937 in Tucson, Arizona) is a former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. Son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the United States Senate from 1977 until 1995.

His father was the Arizona Attorney General for one two-year term from 1948 to 1949. DeConcini received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Arizona in 1959 and his LLD from the University of Arizona in 1963. He then worked as a lawyer for the Arizona Governor's staff from 1965 to 1967. He founded the law firm of DeConcini, McDonald, Yetwin & Lacy (where he is still a partner) with offices in Tucson, Phoenix and Washington, D.C.

He is a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.[1]

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Political career

DeConcini served one elected term as Pima County, Arizona Attorney (1973–1976), the chief prosecutor and civil attorney for the county and school districts within the county.

He was elected to the Senate in 1976 as a Democrat, having defeated Republican Party (GOP) U.S. Representative Sam Steiger for the open seat left by retiring GOP Senator Paul Fannin. Steiger had first won a bruising primary in 1976 against the more conservative U.S. Representative John B. Conlan.

Panama Canal

DeConcini sponsored an amendment (the DeConcini Reservation) to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 which allows the United States "to take such steps as each [the U.S. or Panama] deems necessary, in accordance with its constitutional processes, including the use of military force in the Republic of Panama, to reopen the Canal or restore the operations of the Canal, as the case may be."

Keating Five

DeConcini was widely noted as a member of the Keating Five in a banking and political contribution scandal during the 1980s which grew out of the U.S. Savings and Loan Crisis. The scandal involved Charles Keating and Lincoln Savings, contributing to DeConcini's retirement in 1994.

Senate committees

DeConcini served on the Senate Appropriations Committee where he chaired the Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government. He also served on the Subcommittees on Defense, Energy and Water Development and Foreign Operations. DeConcini also served on the Senate Judiciary Committee and chaired the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, along with the Subcommittees on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights, the Constitution and the Courts. DeConcini also served on the Select Intelligence Committee and was Chairman of the Committee in 1993 and 1994 and also chaired the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission).

Appointments

In February 1995 DeConcini was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), where he served until May 1999.[2][3][4]

In 2006 the former senator was selected by then Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano (later Secretary of Homeland Security) to serve as a member of the Arizona Board of Regents.

Business career

DeConcini managed Shopping Centers, Inc. in Tucson, AZ from 1963–1964 and 1967-1973. He also managed family corporation and partnerships involved in Arizona and California real estate development projects. He has served on the boards of Global Health Science, Inc., Schuff Steel Company, and Greater Arizona Savings Bank.

He has been the center of some controversy in 2010 as a result of his membership the board of the Corrections Corporation of America. Although he claims he has not lobbied for harsher immigration laws and sentencing practices, he admits meetings with the Arizona Department of Corrections Director Chuck Ryan and "publicly speaking in favor of" for-profit prisons.[5][6]

Book

  • Senator Dennis DeConcini: From the Center of the Aisle by Dennis DeConcini & Jack L. August Jr., (University of Arizona Press February 1, 2006) ISBN 9780816525690

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References

External links

United States Senate
Preceded by
Paul Fannin
United States Senator (Class 1) from Arizona
1977–1995
Served alongside: Barry Goldwater, John McCain
Succeeded by
Jon Kyl
Political offices
Preceded by
David Boren
Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
1993–1995
Succeeded by
Arlen Specter

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