Daniel Robert Glickman (born November 24, 1944) is an American politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and nonprofit leader. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001 in the Bill Clinton administration. He previously represented as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives for 18 years."GLICKMAN, Daniel Robert (1944–)", Biographical Information, Bioguide, U.S. Congress official website, retrieved April 3, 2017.
Following his departure from public office, Glickman led Harvard University's School of Government and Institute of Politics.
He was chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) from 2004 to 2010.Cohen, Alex, "Dan Glickman leaves the MPAA," KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, March 30, 2010
He is a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he focuses on public health, national security, and economic policy issues. He also co-chairs BPC's Democracy ProjectDan Glickman Joins the Bipartisan Policy Center . Bipartisanpolicy.org. Retrieved on September 23, 2011. and co-leads the center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative.
He also is or has been on the board of directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,Board of Directors, Chicago Mercantile Exchange MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger,Board of Directors, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger . Mazon.org. Retrieved on September 23, 2011. the board of Friends of the World Food ProgramHome | Friends of the World Food Program . Friendsofwfp.org. Retrieved on September 23, 2011. and is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One. He also is on the Council on American Politics at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.
Early life Glickman was born in Wichita, Kansas, on November 24, 1944, the son of Gladys A. (née Kopelman) and Milton Glickman.Jehl, Douglas, "Man in the News – Turning Loss Into Victory – Daniel Robert Glickman," December 28, 1994, New York Times, retrieved February 11, 2017 His family was Jewish. The Glickman family operated Glickman Inc., a full-service scrap metal operation, since 1915 and Kansas Metal, an automobile and appliance shredder, since 1994. Glickman Inc. was founded by Jacob Glickman and later continued and expanded by Milton and Bill Glickman. With the death of Milton Glickman, Dan's father, in December 1999, Dan and his siblings Norman and Sharon Glickman carried on the family business until it was sold in 2002.
Glickman graduated from Wichita Southeast High School in 1962. He graduated from University of Michigan with a B.A. in history in 1966, where he was a classmate with one of Al Gore's chiefs of staff, Charles Burson,salon.com, "People" . Salon.com (November 3, 1999). Retrieved on September 23, 2011. and received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School in 1969. He is married to Rhoda Joyce Yura, with whom he has two children: Jonathan Glickman and Amy Glickman."Dan Glickman," Graduate School of Political Management, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., retrieved February 11, 2017
Legal career In 1969 and 1970, Glickman worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, then was a partner in a law firm, Sargent, Klenda and Glickman.
Political career Wichita Public Schools Glickman's first foray into public office was as a publicly elected member of the Wichita School Board, which oversees the Wichita Public Schools (USD-259), one of the nation's largest school districts. Between 1973 and 1976 he was President of the Wichita School Board.
U. S. House of Representatives Glickman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Kansas's 4th congressional district in 1976, from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1995, through eight successive re-elections.
Election In 1976, in his first congressional race, Glickman was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat from , defeating eight-term Republican incumbent Garner Shriver. Glickman held the office for nine consecutive terms.McNulty, Timothy J., "Incumbent's Defeat Is A Case Study In Grass-roots Politics," November 20, 1994, Chicago Tribune, retrieved February 10, 2017
Issues and committees Glickman was active in general aviation policy, and co-wrote the General Aviation Revitalization Act (GARA) – controversial landmark legislation providing product liability protection for small airplane manufacturers (his district has produced most of America's light aircraft).Kovarik, Kerry V., "A Good Idea Stretched Too Far: Amending the General Aviation Revitalization Act to Mitigate Unintended Inequities," Seattle University Law Review, Vol. 31, No. 4 (2008), Jan.2008, p.973, Seattle Univ. School of Law, Seattle, WA, USA PDF download.Rodengen, Jeffrey L., ed. by Elizabeth Fernandez & Alex Lieber, book: The Legend of Cessna (a detailed, documented history of Cessna Aircraft Company, supported by them; most references to this source are coupled with references to more independent sources), Write Stuff Enterprises, 2007, Ft.Lauderdale, Florida. Ch.15–16.Bruner, Borgna, ed., table:"Composition of Congress by Political Party, 1855–2005, pp.79–80 in Time Almanac 2006,, Information Please (Pearson), Boston, Mass./ Time Inc., Des Moines, Iowa
During his congressional tenure, Glickman was also active in agriculture issues (his district's other major industry), and on the House Agriculture Committee, including six years as chair of the subcommittee overseeing federal farm policy. He was principal author of the 1990 Farm Bill and other legislation. While there, he lobbied for the position of Secretary of Agriculture under President Bill Clinton, losing initially, but winning the post after his tenth-race election ouster from Congress."Dan Glickman, The Real Oliver Wendell Douglas," July 3, 2008. CBS News, retrieved February 11, 2017
In 1986, Glickman was one of the House impeachment managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to prosecute the case in the impeachment trial of Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada. Claiborne was found guilty by the United States Senate and removed from his federal judgeship.
In 1993, he was appointed chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the One Hundred Third Congress, serving one term before his 1994 defeat.
In October 1993, Glickman, representing a district whose second-largest industry was agriculture (particularly wheat production), voted for protectionism over free trade, restricting the importation of Canadian wheat."Dan Glickman on the Issues,", OnTheIssues.org, retrieved February 16, 2017
On "media freedom" versus "family values" one analyst reported that Glickman, in June 1993, voted to require that television shows have explicit viewer advisories. Glickman would later lead the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which develops such ratings for motion pictures.
In his final term, Glickman was Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He held open hearings to bring the intelligence community's post–Cold War activities to light and began a committee investigation into the Aldrich Ames espionage case. Colleagues from both parties lauded his quiet, non-grandstanding, "careful and considered" leadership of the committee.
On abortion, Glickman straddled the fence, generally accommodating abortion, but voting for the Hyde Amendment that restricted federal funding of abortion. In 1993, while on the House Judiciary Committee, he was absent from a key vote on removing most state abortion restrictions, and said later that he was unsure how he would have voted."Divided House Panel Advances Bill To Ease State Abortion Restrictions," May 20, 1993, New York Times, retrieved February 11, 2017
Defeat In the Republican-landslide 1994 congressional elections, known as the Republican Revolution, Glickman—in his bid for re-election to a 10th term—was unexpectedly defeated by Goddard Republican Todd Tiahrt.Christopher J. Catizone, "Debate Addresses Abortion Politics," March 9, 2004, Harvard Crimson, retrieved February 10, 2017.Hegeman, Roxanna, Associated Press, "Kansas House race divides anti-abortion community," July 20, 2014, Associated Press, in Washington Times, retrieved February 10, 2017Wingerter, Justin, "Wichita attorney Dan Giroux announces challenge to Rep. Mike Pompeo," October 1, 2015 (Updated October 2, 2015), Topeka Capital-Journal, retrieved February 16, 2017
Glickman later blamed his surprise defeat largely on his own pro-choice positions, which he said opponents used as an "organizing tool" to rally opposition against him from voters who were otherwise politically inactive. In a detailed review of Tiahrt's victory, the Chicago Tribune reported that Glickman's unexpected defeat was largely the product of Tiahrt's recruitment of 1,800 volunteers from churches and anti-abortion groups in their congressional district (which had become the center of the national anti-abortion movement"Drive Against Abortion Finds a Symbol: Wichita," August 4, 1991, The New York TimesAbcarian, Robin, "Abortion doc's killer convicted," January 30, 2010, Chicago Tribune, (originally published January 29, 2010 in Los Angeles Times as "Scott Roeder convicted of murdering abortion doctor George Tiller,"), retrieved February 16, 2017; which says "...Wichita, which became a center of the anti-abortion movement in the late 1980s and 1990s."Welch, William M., "Abortion provider was accustomed to threats," May 31, 2009, USA Today, retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "His practice made him a focal point in the political struggle over abortion, and his hometown became ground zero for anti-abortion activists. In 1993, Tiller was shot in both arms.... His clinic was bombed in 1985...."Ball, Karen (Kansas City) "George Tiller's Murder: How Will It Impact the Abortion Fight?," May 31, 2009, Time magazine, retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "George Tiller long ago erased the line between his private life and his public cause, turning his Wichita, Kans., clinic into ground zero in the fight over late-term abortions.... shot in both arms in 1993 by an antiabortion activist."Eligon, John, "Four Years Later, Slain Abortion Doctor's Aide Steps Into the Void: Kansas Abortion Practice Set to Replace Tiller Clinic," January 25, 2013, New York Times, retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "The [Wichita abortion] clinic was also the focal point of the "Summer of Mercy" protests in 1991... tens of thousands of abortion protesters... more than 2,000... arrested — in an event that transformed... into a national brawl."Carmon, Irin "Kansas abortion clinic is back: Three years after George Tiller's murder by an anti-abortionist, his aide is picking up where her mentor left off," September 28, 2012, Salon, retrieved February 16, 2017; which says: "...Wichita, which has been ground zero for the abortion battle since the 1991 Summer of Mercy, when the antiabortion group Operation Rescue set up camp there."), and from gun-rights organizations.
Another casualty of the 1994 Republican congressional sweep was Glickman's wife, Rhoda, who, for 13 years, had led the Congressional Arts Caucus—one of 28 caucuses soon to be defunded by the incoming Republican Congress.
Post-Glickman era , no other Democrat has won election to the congressional seat lost by Glickman."Kansas Democratic Party picks James Thompson as nominee for 4th District race," February 11, 2017, KWCH-TV News, retrieved February 12, 2017