Dave Durenberger
Hometown: Born in Collegeville, Minn.; now splits time between homes in St. Paul and San Rafael, Calif.
Family: Six children and 12 grandchildren; married to Susan Bartlett Foote, retired director of the University of Minnesota Division of Health Policy and Research.
Age: 79
Political career: Elected to U.S. Senate in 1978 to fill the remaining term of the late Hubert Humphrey; re-elected in 1982 and 1988.
Focus on health policy: Chaired the Senate Finance Committee's health subcommittee; named by former Gov. Tim Pawlenty to lead a reform-minded Minnesota Citizens Forum on Health Care Costs; founder and chairman of the National Institute of Health Policy at the University of St. Thomas from 1998 until his retirement in June.
