Facts about Ill. Senate appointee Roland Burris

[December 31, 2008]  (AP)

NAME -- Roland W. Burris.

AGE-BIRTH DATE -- 71. Born: Aug. 3, 1937.

RESIDENCE -- Chicago.

EDUCATION -- Southern Illinois University, bachelor's degree; Howard University Law School, law degree.

EXPERIENCE -- Director, Illinois Department of General Services, 1973 -- 1977; Illinois comptroller, 1979-1991; Illinois attorney general, 1991-1995.

OCCUPATION -- Attorney.

FAMILY -- Wife, Berlean, and two children, Roland II and Rolanda Sue.

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