William S. Cohen

Aug. 28, 1940 Cohen born in Bangor to Reuben & Clara Cohen April 1958 Named to Bangor Daily NEWS’ All-Maine

Schoolboy Basketball Team June 1958 Graduates from Bangor High School. 1962 Named to New England Hall of Fame Basketball

team June 1962 Bachelor of arts (cum laude), Bowdoin College 1962 Marriage to Diana Dunn in Brunswick. June 1965 Bachelor of laws (cum laude), Boston University Law School 1965 Admitted to Maine Bar 1965-1966 Assistant Editor, Journal of American

Trial Lawyers Association. Dec. 1966 Errol K. Paine & Cohen form Paine & Cohen law

partnership in Bangor 1968-1972 Instructor, University of Maine Jan. 1969 Appointed Assistant County Attorney for

Penobscot County 1969-1972 Bangor City Council 1971-1972 Bangor School Board July-Aug. 1972 Walks through Second Congressional District 1972 Fellow, John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics Nov. 1972 Defeats Elmer Violette for seat in U.S.

Congress July 1974 Votes, as member of House Judiciary

Committee, for articles of impeachment

against President Richard Nixon. August 1974 Nixon resigns. Nov. 1974 Re-elected to U.S. Congress (Defeats Markham

Gartley) Nov. 1976 Re-elected to U.S. Congress (Defeats Leighton

Cooney and Jacqueline Kaye) Nov. 1978 Elected to U.S. Senate. (Defeats William

Hathaway) Nov. 1984 Re-elected to U.S. Senate (defeats Elizabeth

Mitchell) Feb. 1987 Senator and wife, Diana Dunn Cohen, file for

divorce after 25 years of marriage. 1987 Serves on Iran-Contra committee with George

Mitchell Nov. 1990 Re-Elected to U.S. Senate (defeats Neil

Rolde) Feb. 1992 Boston Globe columnist reports Cohen

engagement to former Boston TV personality

Janet Langhart. Oct. 1995 Cohen’s father, Reuben Cohen, dies. Oct. 1995 Casts only Senate GOP vote against $245

billion tax cut. Nov. 1995 Decries lack of civility in Washington. Jan. 1996 Announces he will not run for re-election.