Senator Richard Blumenthal '67 on The Harvard and Yale Experience and Washington's New World
A reception with wine/beer/soft drinks and hors d'oeuvres will begin the evening.
Senator Blumenthal will address the audience on
The Harvard and Yale Experience and Washington’s New World
and will entertain questions at the end of his presentation.
The fee is $35. for HCW Members and Yale Alumni (and their guests) and $45. for all others.
Sworn in on January 5, 2011, Richard Blumenthal is serving his first term as
a United States Senator from the State of Connecticut.
Senator Blumenthal served an unprecedented five terms as Connecticut's
Attorney General, fighting for people against large and powerful special
interests. His aggressive law enforcement for consumer protection,
environmental stewardship, labor rights, and personal privacy, has helped
reshape the role of state attorneys general nationwide, and resulted in the
recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars for Connecticut taxpayers and
consumers each year.
A key player in the national fight against Big Tobacco, he helped bring an
end to deceptive marketing aimed at children - a victory significantly
lowering youth smoking rates, and compelling a multi-billion dollar
settlement for Connecticut taxpayers. He also helped lead a coalition of all
50 states that culminated in historic agreements with social networking
sites to better protect children from Internet predators.
As Attorney General, he advocated for reforms in the health insurance
industry to assure critical health care coverage and lower pharmaceutical
drug prices. He has worked relentlessly to eradicate corruption in state
government and make state contracting accountable, fair, honest and
transparent.
His vigorous investigation and legal action against insurance industry
abuses has successfully forced financial restitution and reform, compelling
greater disclosure by insurers and brokers to consumers - and recovery of
millions of dollars for the state, municipalities, and individuals. He has
successfully fought unfair utility rate charges, air pollution causing acid
rain, general environmental wrongdoing, as well as a wide array of consumer
scams and frauds.
Senator Blumenthal has personally argued major cases in court, including his
successful effort to uphold the Connecticut sex offender registry in the
U.S. Supreme Court. He has fought and sued the federal government for
failing to follow or enforce environmental laws and energy statutes - and
for imposing on local taxpayers unfunded multimillion dollar mandates under
the No Child Left Behind law.
He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1984 to 1987, and
the Connecticut State Senate from 1987 to 1990. As a volunteer attorney for
the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Senator Blumenthal saved the life of an
innocent, wrongly convicted death row inmate, who came within hours of
execution. From 1977 to 1981, Senator Blumenthal served as a U.S. Attorney
for Connecticut, prosecuting drug trafficking, organized and white collar
crime, civil rights violations, consumer fraud, and environmental pollution.
Prior to his position as U.S. Attorney, Senator Blumenthal also served as
Administrative Assistant to U.S. Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff, aide to former
U.S. Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan when Moynihan was Assistant to the President of
the United States, and law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A.
Blackmun.
Senator Blumenthal graduated from Harvard College (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum
Laude), and Yale Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law
Journal. From 1970 - 1976 he served in the United States Marine Corps
Reserves, and was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant.
Senator Blumenthal lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife, Cynthia,
and their four children
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