Birch Bayh, former Indiana Senator, Title IX author, dies at 91
Source: USA Today
John Tuohy, Maureen Groppe, Shari Rudavsky and Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star Published 9:08 a.m. ET March 14, 2019 | Updated 9:14 a.m. ET March 14, 2019
Birch Bayh, a farm boy from Terre Haute, Indiana, who would ascend to legislative titan during three terms in the United States Senate as the author of two constitutional amendments and a bill that gave women equal opportunity in colleges and universities, died early Thursday morning of pneumonia, according to a statement from the family. He was 91.
Bayh, the father of two-term senator and Indiana governor Evan Bayh, was remembered by his son, colleagues and friends as a relentless champion of civil rights who left his imprint during the 1960s and 1970s on several pieces of landmark legislation.
He had a natural sympathy for the underdog and the downtrodden. So thats why he always tried to champion opportunity and decency for people who are born without a lot of either, Evan Bayh said. My father was an extrovert who was devoted to his fellow citizens and trying to make their lives better and he succeeded. And I cant imagine a better legacy.
Bayh grew up on a farm in Terre Haute and served four terms in the Indiana House of Representatives beginning in 1954 before successfully running for U.S. Senate in 1962 at age 34.
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Stuart G
(38,365 posts)He had a natural sympathy for the underdog and the downtrodden. So thats why he always tried to champion opportunity and decency for people who are born without a lot of either, Evan Bayh said. My father was an extrovert who was devoted to his fellow citizens and trying to make their lives better and he succeeded. And I cant imagine a better legacy.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)mobeau69
(11,079 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,331 posts)Didn't realize he was still around. A shame IN has gone the way it has.
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)He is still the measuring stick by which I judge liberalism.