Personal Life
Bayh was born in Shirkieville, Indiana, to Birch Evans Bayh, Jr., who was a U.S. Senator from 1963 to 1981, and his wife Marvella Belle Hern. Bayh attended St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and graduated with honors in business economics and public policy from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in 1978. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Bayh has an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in California.
He received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981, and clerked for a federal judge before entering private law practice in Indianapolis.
Bayh and his wife, Susan, have twin sons, born in 1995. Susan Bayh serves on numerous corporate boards, including health insurance giant Wellpoint.
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