Susan Breshears Bayh is an Indiana

Indiana

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 attorney and the wife of Evan Bayh

Evan Bayh

Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III is a lawyer, advisor and former Democratic politician who served as the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011. He earlier served as the 46th Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997. Bayh is a current Fox News contributor as of March 14, 2011.Bayh first held...

, a Democratic politician from the state of Indiana, who has been that state's governor

Governor

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 (1989-1997) and one of its United States Senators (1999-2011).

A newspaper in her state has described her as being engaged in a profession it termed "professional board member" or "professional director".

Education

She earned her Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a former Miss Southern California and a member of Alpha Phi

Alpha Phi

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. She earned her Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

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 degree from the University of Southern California Law School

University of Southern California Law School

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 in 1984.

Attorney

Bayh began her careers in law and business as a litigator for the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 law firm

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s of Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher; and later for the Indiana firm of Barnes & Thornburg

Barnes & Thornburg

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. In 1989, she joined the pharmaceutical division at the Indianapolis based Eli Lilly and Company

Eli Lilly and Company

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, managing the company's handling of federal regulatory issues. In 1994, she left the employ of Eli Lilly and taught at Butler University

Butler University

Butler University is a private university located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university offers 60 degree programs to 4,400 students through six colleges: business, communication, education, liberal Arts and sciences, pharmacy and health...

’s College of Business Administration, holding the title of Distinguished Visiting Professor.

Professional director

An Indiana newspaper listed eight corporations of which Bayh was a director, as of 2006. Bayh began serving on corporate boards in 1994 and has since served on the boards of 14 corporations, including the insurance

Insurance

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, pharmaceutical, and food processing industries.

External links

• Susan B. Bayh, J.D. at Forbes
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• Collected news and commentary at The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana)