- Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1970 with a degree in English.
- Best man at David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower's wedding in 1968.
- President and CEO of Goodwill Industries from 1995-2000.
- A Republican, he was elected to four terms as a US Representative from Iowa (1987-95).
- In March 2011 he was relieved of his on-air hosting duties at DC radio station WMAL for broadcasting what were termed extremist views on Sharia law and Islam.
- Born in Sioux City, Iowa, to wealthy parents who died one year apart and left him an orphan at 13.
- Unsuccessful candidate for the 1994 Republican nomination for Governor of Iowa, losing to Terry Branstad.
- On 5/7/2004 he suffered heart attack. He was expected to make a full recovery.
- In June 2003 he was hired as co-host of "The Morning Show" on WMAL-AM 630 radio in Washington, DC.
- Has one son, Charlie Grandy, and one daughter with his first wife, Jan Gough, and one daughter with his current wife, Catherine Mann.
- In April 2003 he was hired as a substitute host for various programs at WMAL-AM 630 radio in Washington, DC.
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