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CONGRESSMAN ALAN GRAYSON PROUDLY SERVING FLORIDA’S 8th DISTRICT

Short Biography

Congressman Alan Grayson was born and grew up in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City.  He graduated with high honors from Harvard College.  Congressman Grayson worked as an economist after college, but returned to Harvard.  In four years, Alan earned a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, and a master’s degree from the Harvard School of Government, and Alan finished all of the course work and passed the general exams for a Ph.D. in Government.  His master’s thesis focuses on gerontology.  He went on to be a founding member of the Alliance for Aging Research. 

In the early 1990s, Alan took leave from the practice of law, and started a business. Alan was the first President of IDT Corp., a telecom/internet company, which is now a Fortune 1000 company, traded on the New York Stock Exchange. 

Congressman Grayson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008.

Alan Grayson lives in Orlando with his wife, Lolita, and their five children, Skye, Star, Sage, Stone and Storm.

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