Member, District 51
About Bob Filner
From San Diego, CA; born in Pittsburgh, PA,
September 4, 1942;
education: B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1963; M.A., University
of Delaware, 1969; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1973; professor, San Diego
State University, 1970-92; San Diego Board of Education, 1979-83
(president, 1982); San Diego City Council, 1987-92 (deputy mayor, 1990);
member: Sierra Club, NAACP, Navy League, Gray Panthers, Economic Conver
sion Council, Common Cause, ACLU, ADL, NWPC, MAPA; married in 1985 to
Jane Merrill Filner; children: Erin and Adam; committees: Transportation
and Infrastructure; Veterans' Affairs; subcommittees: Aviation; ranking
member, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; Health; Railroads;
elected on November 3, 1992 to the 103rd Congress; reelected to each
succeeding Congress.