Born Wichita, Kansas to parents Harry and Lillian Specter Raised in Russell, Kansas

Age 4, Named Deputy Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas; documented in Ripley’s Believe It or Not as the youngest Deputy Sheriff in history.

Graduated, University of Pennsylvania with a degree in International Relations

Served, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Second Lieutenant, Stateside, Korean War

Marries Joan Lois Levy with whom he has two sons, Shanin and Stephen

Graduates Yale University Law School

Joins the law offices of Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers, and Rhoads in Philadelphia, PA

Joins the District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District Attorney

Serves on the Warren Commission as Assistant Counsel

Submits report on the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Investigates the corrupt Philadelphia City Magistrate system as Special Assistant State Attorney General

Elected to serve as District Attorney of Philadelphia

Returns to be a law partner at Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers, and Rhoads

Runs for U.S. Senate and loses primary to Senator John Heinz

Runs for Governor and loses primary to Richard Thornburgh

Elected to U.S. Senate

Officially Sworn-In to U.S. Senate

Re-elected to Senate

Re-elected to Senate

Seeks ‘96 Republican Nomination for President of the United States of America

Re-elected to Senate

Elected Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee

Diagnosed with stage IVB Hodgkin’s disease in February and receives the last round of chemotherapy and a clean bill of health in July 2005.