Kennedy Interim Successor Paul Kirk, At A Glance

NAME — Paul G. Kirk Jr.

AGE— 71; born Jan. 18, 1938.

EDUCATION — Bachelor's degree, Harvard College, 1960. Law degree, Harvard Law School, 1964.

CAREER — Member of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation's board of directors, 1984-present; co-founder and member of the Commission on Presidential Debates, 1987-present; member of the board of directors of The Hartford Financial Services Group, 1995-present; member of the board of directors of Cedar Shopping Centers Inc., 2005-present; chairman of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 1992-2001; member of the board of directors of Bradley Real Estate, 1991-2000; registered lobbyist for drug firm Hoechst Marion Roussel, 1999; member of the board of directors of ITT Corp., 1989-1997; partner with Sullivan and Worcester law firm, 1977-1990; chairman of the Democratic Party, 1985-1989; treasurer of the Democratic Party, 1983-1985; aide to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., 1969-1977.

FAMILY: Wife, Gail; no children. Lives in Marstons Mills, Mass.

QUOTE: "He (Sen. Kennedy) often said that representing the people of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States was the highest honor that he could possibly imagine, and it is certainly nothing that I imagined, but it will be my highest honor as well."