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Mikva</a>'s seat, who had resigned to become a US District Judge. Notoriously, Porter and his wife were strip-searched by the KGB during a trip to Russia in 1982.<p><b>Wife:</b> (div.)<br><b>Wife:</b> Kathryn Cameron Porter<br><p> High School: <a href="/edu/263/000082017/">Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL (1953)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/487/000068283/">Massachusetts Institute of Technology (one year)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/521/000068317/">BS and BA, Northwestern University (1957)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/512/000068308/">JD, University of Michigan Law School (1961)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/292/000052136/">US Congressman, Illinois</a> 10th (22-Jan-1980 to 3-Jan-2001)<br> <a href="/gov/102/000121736/">Illinois State House of Representatives</a> (1973-79)<br> <a href="/company/641/000121278/">Hogan & Hartson</a> Partner<br> <a href="/company/572/000098278/">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</a> Vice Chairman<br> <a href="/org/972/000084720/">American Heart Association</a> Board Member<br> <a href="/org/356/000172837/">American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise</a> Honorary Committee<br> <a href="/org/709/000059532/">Bretton Woods Committee</a> <br> <a href="/org/693/000044561/">Brookings Institution</a> Board Member<br> <a href="/org/505/000042379/">Council on Foreign Relations</a> <br> <a href="/org/760/000111427/">Kennedy Center</a> Trustee Emeritus<br> <a href="/org/643/000121280/">National Foundation for Infectious Diseases</a> Board Member<br> <a href="/org/393/000051240/">RAND Corporation</a> Trustee<br> <a href="/org/802/000133403/">Research!America</a> Executive Committee<br> <a href="/org/430/000172911/">Science Debate 2008</a> <br> <a href="/org/636/000121273/">Trust for America's Health</a> Advisory Board<br> <a href="/group/367/000179827/">Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=121281"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=121281">John Edward Porter</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=121281" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>