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Welch spent a year in Chicago as a fellow at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, then enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1973. Welch "worked with low-income people on Chicago's West Side in the late 1960s" as a community organizer.
Peter attended College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Before he finished his degree, Peter left school to hitchhike to Chicago and organize against housing discrimination in 1969. After returning to school and completing his degree, he attended and received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1973.
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Jul 5, 2015 · Peter Welch was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Welch graduated from Cathedral High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross in 1969 and a juris doctor from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973. Welch's career experience includes working as a lawyer.
After returning to school and completing his degree, he attended and received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1973. After law school, Peter settled in White River Junction, Vermont, becoming one of the county’s first public defenders for low-income folks.
Since his election to the House of Representatives in 2006, he has been widely recognized as a thoughtful and effective legislator who chooses governing over gridlock. Learn More. Follow Peter’s Work Online. Senator Peter Welch. @SenPeterWelch May 21. At the largest university in Vermont, one in five students face food insecurity.
Aug 6, 2023 · 08/06/2023 07:00 AM EDT. Peter Welch doesn’t cut the profile of a newly elected senator. At 76, he’s the oldest person ever first elected to the upper chamber. And when the longtime former...
Peter Francis Welch (born May 2, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 2007 to 2023.
