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The
Honorable Romano L. Mazzoli was born in
Louisville
,
Kentucky
, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, BS, Magna Cum Laude,
1954, of the University of Louisville Law School, JD, 1960, graduating
first in his class, and of
Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, MPA, 2004.
Congressman
Mazzoli's public service includes: Active Duty in the United States
Army, 1954-1956; service in the Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to 1970;
and, service in the United States House of Representatives in
Washington
where he represented
Kentucky's Third Congressional District from 1971 to his retirement in 1995.
While
in Congress, Mr. Mazzoli served on the House Judiciary Committee on which
he chaired the Immigration, International Law and Refugees Subcommittee
and wrote, in collaboration with Senator Alan Simpson of
Wyoming
the landmark 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (the Simpson-Mazzoli
Bill). Congressman Mazzoli also served on the House Education, Labor,
Small Business and Intelligence Committees.
Congressman
Mazzoli is a member of the Kentucky and the Louisville Bar Associations. He currently serves on the Board of
Overseers of the University
of
Louisville, on the Board of Trustees of Father Maloney's Boys'
Haven, and on the
Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. Congressman Mazzoli has received
Honorary Doctorate degrees from the University of Notre Dame,
Spalding
University,
Sullivan
University,
Centre
College
and Bellarmine
University.
Congressman
Mazzoli was Visiting Professor at the
University
of
Louisville
’s Brandeis School of Law in 1995 and Distinguished Fellow in Law and
Public Policy at the
University
of
Louisville
from 1998 to 2002. He was appointed a Fellow of the
Institute
of
Politics
of
Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2002, and in 2003
Representative Mazzoli enrolled in the Kennedy
School's Master of Public Administration program the oldest person ever to be
admitted.
Mr.
Mazzoli has been Visiting Lecturer at: Centre College; Dennison
University; University of Maine; Lewis & Clark College; California
State University, San Diego; Furman University; the U.S. Naval Academy;
Murray State University; Muhlenberg College; and, Suffolk University.
Congressman Mazzoli is
married to the former Helen Dillon of Louisville, and they have two children and two granddaughters.
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Romano
L. Mazzoli