Steve Gunderson

Steven Craig (Steve) Gunderson (born 1951 May 10, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin), is the President and CEO of the Council on Foundations and a former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin.

Gunderson grew up in Whitehall, Wisconsin. Having studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he went on to train at the Brown School of Broadcasting in Minneapolis. Gunderson served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1975 to 1979, before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. Representing Wisconsin's Third Congressional District, he served eight terms in the House and did not seek re-election to the 105th Congress in 1996.

Gunderson was one of the first openly gay members of Congress and was the first openly gay Republican representative. In 1996, Gunderson was the only Republican in Congress to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act, and since leaving Congress he has been a vocal supporter of gay-rights causes.

Published works

• Gunderson, Steven C., House and Home with Aids, 1997

External links

• Betty DeGeneres Talks with Steve Gunderson
• "Acts of Betrayal", by Michael Johns, National Review, 1995 October 23 (cites Gunderson speech to Hmong immigrants in Wisconsin).

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