Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (born February 4, 1938) is an American politician from Michigan, who served for five terms as a Congressman and for three terms as a Senator. His father, Donald W. Riegle, Sr., was mayor of Flint, Michigan.
He was born in Flint, Michigan and is a graduate of Flint Central High School. He attended Flint Junior College and Western Michigan University before graduating from the University of Michigan-Flint in 1960. He receive...
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Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (born February 4, 1938) is an American politician from Michigan, who served for five terms as a Congressman and for three terms as a Senator. His father, Donald W. Riegle, Sr., was mayor of Flint, Michigan.
He was born in Flint, Michigan and is a graduate of Flint Central High School. He attended Flint Junior College and Western Michigan University before graduating from the University of Michigan-Flint in 1960. He received an M.B.A. from Michigan State University in 1961 and from 1964-66 he attended the Harvard Business School where he completed all the course work in the doctoral program in business/government relations. He was employed by IBM from 1961-64 and later served on the faculties of Michigan State University, Boston University,University of Southern California, and Harvard University.
In 1966, Riegle, then 28 years old and a moderate Republican, defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative John C. Mackie to be elected from Michigan's 7th...
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