2008 Presidential Candidate Information
Compiled by the GLACUHO Issues Committees
Information current as of 3/24/2008

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In an effort to provide our membership with information about the Presidential candidates stance on issues of diversity, the Issues Committees have compiled this list of the three front-runners for 2008.  We recognize that there are other candidates who may be running but limited information about their positions on issues of diversity were available. 

Candidate Educational Background Information
John McCain (R)    www.johnmccain.com
Attended Episcopal High School, a private preparatory school in Alexandria, Virginia.  Graduated in 1954.  Attended the US Naval Academy; graduated in 1958.

Hillary Clinton (D)   www.hillaryclinton.com
Attended Maine East High School, a public school in Park Ridge, IL.  Graduated in 1965.  Graduated with Honors with a Political Science degree in 1969 from Wellesley.  Earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973.

Barack Obama (D)   www.barackobama.com
 Graduated in 1979 from Punahou School, a private, non-sectarian college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA for two years before transferring to Columbia University where he graduated in 1983 with a degree in Political Science.  Entered Harvard Law School in 1988 and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1991.  Served as a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1993 until his election to the US Senate in 2004.