Personal Life
While a student at American University, Humphrey met Nancy Lee Jeffery, the daughter of a US Navy captain. Much to their parents' surprise and delight, the two were married while summering in Europe in 1963. The Humphreys are the parents of three children, including Hubert H. "Buck" Humphrey IV.
Humphrey is a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota where he teaches public health policy and law, and he is also a consultant to Tunheim Partners, a Minnesota-based communications and public affairs firm. Humphrey served as the president of the Minnesota chapter of the AARP, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National AARP.
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