RAW DATA: Ted Stevens Biography

NAME -- Theodore F. Stevens.

AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION -- 86; Nov. 18, 1923; Indianapolis.

EXPERIENCE -- U.S. Senate, 1968-present; Alaska state House, 1964-68; partner, Anchorage law practices, 1961-1968; solicitor, Interior Department, 1960; assistant to secretary, Interior Department, 1958-1959; legislative counsel, Interior Department, 1956-1957; U.S. attorney, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1953-56; attorney, Collins & Clasby, Fairbanks, 1953; attorney, Northcutt Ely, Washington, 1950-1952.

EDUCATION -- Bachelor's, University of California, Los Angeles, 1947; law degree, Harvard, 1950.

FAMILY -- Wife, Catherine Chandler, and six children.

QUOTE -- "They sent me here to stand up for the state of Alaska."