Full Name:
Dianne Feinstein
Gender:
Female
Family:
Widowed; 1 Child: Katherine; 3 Stepchildren
Birth Date:
06/22/1933
Birth Place:
San Francisco, CA
Home City:
San Francisco, CA
Religion:
Jewish
BA, History, Stanford University, 1955
Senator, United States Senate, California, 1992-2023
Candidate, United States Senate, California, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2018
Candidate, Governor of California, 1990
Mayor, City of San Francisco, 1978-1988
President, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, 1970-1971, 1974-1975, 1978
Member, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, 1969-1978
Co-Chair, Anti-Methamphetamine Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Congressional Dairy Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Congressional Former Mayors Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Senate Cancer Coalition, present
Chair, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, present
Co-Chair, Senate Women's Caucus on Burma, present
Former Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate
Former Member, Congressional Baltic Congress
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Study Group on Japan
Former Member, Democratic Policy Committee
Former Chair, Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
Former Co-Chair, National Dialogue on Cancer Policy Committee
Former Chair, Rules and Administration Committee, United States Senate
Former Chair, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety
Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights, and Federal Courts, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, United States Senate
Former Co-Chair, Western Senate Coalition
Former Co-Chair, Women's Council, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Former Intern, Coro Foundation
Director, Bank of California, 1988-1989
Member, Aspen Strategy Group, 1997-present
Former Vice Chair, C-Change: Collaborating to Conquer Cancer
Former Member, Inter-American Dialogue
Former Member, Senate Centrist Coalition
Member, Biderberg Foreign Policy Conference, 1991
Member, Japan Society of Northern California, 1988-1989
Co-Chair, Permanent Fund, San Francisco Education Fund, 1988-1989
Member, Trilateral Commission, 1988
Chair, San Francisco Advisory Committee for Adult Detention, 1966-1968
Member, California Women's Board of Terms and Parole, 1960-1966
Astrological Sign:
Cancer
Awards:
Public Service Award, American Society of Hematology, December 2003
Charles Dick Medal of Merit, California National Guard, October 2007
Spirit of Enterprise Award , U.S. Chamber of Commerce, March 2002
Funding Hero Award, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, October 2004
Lifetime of Idealism Award, City Year, June 2004
Legislator of the Year Award, California School Resource Officers' Association, June 2004
Legislator of the Year Award, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association, 2007
Special Recognition Award, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, September 2000
Congressional Leader of the Year Award, League of California Cities, May 2006
The Pat Brown Legacy Award, The Edmund G. 'Pat' Brown Institute of Public Affairs at Cal State LA, April 2004
William Penn Mott Jr. Park Leadership Award, March 2006
Community Health Centers Leadership Award, Alta Med Health Services Corporation, April 2004
Water Drop Award, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, 2002
Outstanding Member of the U.S. Senate Award, National Narcotic Officers Associations Coalition, February 2005
Grammy on the Hill Award, Recording Academy, September 2006
Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, October 2001
Leadership Award for the Fight Against Cancer, National Asian Women's Health Organization, April 2000
Soaring Eagle Award, California Public Employee Retirement System, December 2001
Women of Achievement Award, Century City Chamber of Commerce, October 2004
Top 5 Centrists, Congressional Quarterly's Top 50 Members of Congress, 2000
Friend of the Watershed Award, Ventura County Association of Water Agencies, November 2004
Western States Service Award, Western States Policy Council, February 2002
Julian C. Dixon Award, Mobility 21 Coalition, August 2004
Outstanding International Public Service Award, World Affairs Council, 2012
Crystal Eagle Award, Coro Foundation, April 12, 2003
National Distinguished Advocacy Award., American Cancer Society, September 2004
Winning Spirit Award for Leadership, Women's Information Network Against Breast Cancer, March 2000
Torch of Liberty Award, Anti-Defamation League, March 2002
Dr. Nathan Davis Award, American Medical Association, February 2002
Father's Name:
Leon Goldman
Father's Occupation:
Surgeon
Priority Issues:
Stem Cell Research
Social Security
Nuclear Weapons
Judges
Foreign Policy
Assault Weapons
Publications:
"Dianne Feinstein," in Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2006.
Feinstein, Dianne, et al., Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate. New York: Perennial, 2001.