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Foley<br><b>Mother:</b> Helen Marie Higgins<br><b>Wife:</b> Heather Strachan Foley (m. 1968)<br><p> High School: Gonzaga High School, Spokane, WA (1946)<br> University: <a href="/edu/903/000104591/">BA, University of Washington (1951)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/903/000104591/">JD, University of Washington Law School (1957)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/318/000108991/">Gonzaga University Law School (1958-59)</a><br><p> <a href="/company/012/000120649/">Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld</a> <br> <a href="/gov/416/000056248/">Defense Policy Board</a> (2001-)<br> <a href="/gov/372/000120012/">US Ambassador to Japan</a> (1997-2001)<br> <a href="/gov/404/000052248/">Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board</a> Chairman (1996-97)<br> <a href="/gov/331/000053172/">Speaker of the US House</a> (1989-95)<br> <a href="/gov/321/000052165/">US Congressman, Washington</a> 5th (1965-95)<br> <a href="/gov/251/000122882/">Congressional Staff</a> Counsel, Senate Cmte. on Interior & Insular Affairs (1961-63)<br> <a href="/gov/563/000121200/">Washington State Official</a> Assistant Washington State Attorney General (1960)<br> <a href="/gov/563/000121200/">Washington State Official</a> Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Spokane County, WA (1958)<br> <a href="/org/447/000041324/">4-H Club</a> Honorary Co-Chair, Centennial Initiative Committee (2001)<br> <a href="/org/692/000051539/">Alfalfa Club</a> 1989<br> <a href="/org/288/000106967/">American Political Science Association</a> Advisory Committee<br> <a href="/org/665/000120305/">Asia Foundation</a> Board of Trustees<br> <a href="/org/275/000062089/">Center for National Policy</a> Board Member<br> <a href="/org/367/000134962/">Cordell Hull Institute</a> Board of Directors<br> <a href="/org/515/000052359/">Council of American Ambassadors</a> <br> <a href="/org/505/000042379/">Council on Foreign Relations</a> <br> <a href="/org/499/000042373/">Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks</a> <br> <a href="/org/902/000051749/">Freedom House</a> Board of Trustees<br> <a href="/org/531/000167030/">Friends of Hillary</a> <br> <a href="/org/133/000053971/">Grange</a> <br> <a href="/org/805/000167304/">John Kerry for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/824/000041701/">Loyal Order of Moose</a> <br> <a href="/org/776/000123407/">Partnership for Public Service</a> Board of Governors<br> <a href="/org/622/000161139/">Terror Free Tomorrow</a> Advisory Board<br> <a href="/org/247/000043118/">Trilateral Commission</a> <br> <a href="/org/504/000117153/">Washington State Bar Association</a> <br> <a href="/honors/056/000088789/">Alfalfa Party candidate for US President</a> <br> <a href="/honors/853/000052697/">Knight of the British Empire</a> Honorary<br> <a href="/honors/517/000059340/">Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service</a> <br> <a href="/honors/139/000048992/">French Legion of Honor</a> <br> <a href="/group/367/000179827/">Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)</a> <br> <a href="/group/416/000358339/">House Banking Scandal</a> 2 overdrawn checks<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=56376"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=56376">Tom Foley</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=56376" 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>