2 Quotes & Sayings By Willy Dingell
Willy Dingell was born in 1908, the son of U.S. Representative John Dingell (D-MI). He attended Yale College and graduated in 1929. He was an officer in the U.S
Navy during World War II and was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. After the war, he returned to Yale where he graduated with a law degree in 1952. From 1952 to 1954, he was Assistant Counsel to the President of the United States, Dwight D.
Eisenhower. He was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1954 and practiced law in Detroit until 1966. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1966 and served three terms, retiring after his election to the U.S.
Senate in 1982. In 1990, he became chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and served until January 1995 when he became Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation after a special election to fill a vacancy created by the death of Senator Paul Fannin Dingell (D-MI).