Saxby Chambliss - Early Life, Education, and Family

Early Life, Education, and Family

Chambliss, the son of an Episcopalian minister, was born in Warrenton, North Carolina. He graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1961. He attended Louisiana Tech University from 1961–1962 and earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia in 1966, working his way through college at a bakery in Athens. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1968. He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

During the Vietnam War, Chambliss received student deferments and was also given a medical deferment (1-Y) for bad knees due to a football injury.

Chambliss is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Moultrie, Georgia. He married Julianne Frohbert in 1966 and they have two children and five grandchildren.

Chambliss's son Bo is a registered lobbyist for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and lobbies on commodity futures trading issues that fall under legislative jurisdiction of the Senate Agriculture Committee, of which the Senator is a member. The Senator's office enacted a policy that prevents Bo from lobbying the Senator or his staff. Currently, Bo is employed as Executive VP and General Counsel to the Georgia Theatre Company owned by his father-in-law, Bill Stembler. Bo also serves as a member of the St Simons/Sea Island Council which acts as a liaison between the local business community and the Board of Directors of the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce.