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Vincent B. Orange Sr.

Vincent B. Orange Sr.

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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Born : April 11, 1957, in Oakland, Calif.; D.C. resident 26 years; attended high school in Colorado Springs, Colo.; Georgetown University Law Center, master of laws in taxation; Howard University School of Law, juris doctoris; University of the Pacific School of Business and Public Administration, bachelor of science in business administration; University of the Pacific, bachelor of arts in communications; married with three children, ages 10, 17 and 21; resides in Brookland/Michigan Park; D.C. Council member, attorney and certified public accountant; member of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church.

Fun/exercise: Golf/Lifecycle.

Favorites: Book, "Leadership on the Line" by Ronald A. Heifetz and Martin Linsky; television show, CNN Headline News; D.C. location, Freedom Plaza.

Children's schools: Bunker Hill Elementary School, Alice Deal Junior High School, St. John's College High School.

Crime victim? Office on South Dakota Avenue was burglarized; car was broken into; son was mugged; bullet shattered a window of his house.

What makes people angry with you? "Speaking the 'truth.' "

Painful memory or regret?

"Mother passing three weeks before winning DC primary for Ward 5 Council Member seat."

What makes you happy?

"My family."



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