Fredrick Lawrence "Fred" Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is a former actor who became a member in 1986 of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America.
Grandy was born in Sioux City, Iowa. Sioux City (ˌsuːˈsɪti is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University in 1970 and is conversant in both French and Arabic. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of Literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language He played the ship's purser Burl "Gopher" Smith for nine years on the American television series The Love Boat. A ship's purser (also purser or pusser) is the person on a Ship responsible for the handling of Money on board A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season is an American Television series set on a Cruise ship, which Earlier, he was a recurring character on the 1970s sitcom Maude, playing the boyfriend of Maude's daughter Carol (played by Adrienne Barbeau). Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11 1945 is an American Television, Film, character and Musical theater actress as well as the
Unknown to most television viewers during the height of his The Love Boat stardom, Grandy's political interests preceded his acting career. Prior to college, he was the roommate of David Eisenhower (grandson of President Eisenhower) at Phillips Exeter Academy and later was best man at Eisenhower's wedding to Julie Nixon. Dwight David Eisenhower II (born 1948 is the grandson of the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter, Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a Co-educational independent Boarding school for grades 9–12 Julie Nixon (born July 5 1948 in Washington DC) is the second daughter of Richard and Pat Nixon and younger sister of Tricia He also served as a speechwriter for Congressman Wiley Mayne (R-Iowa). Wiley Mayne ( January 19, 1917 &ndash May 27, 2007) was a four-term Republican United States Congressman from Iowa's
Grandy, who campaigned as a Republican, won the election in 1986 by 3,000 votes. Although he tried to distance himself from his acting career, he told People magazine, "If there were no Gopher, there would be no Fred Grandy for Congress. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published "
During his four terms in Congress, he served on a variety of committees, including House Ways and Means, Agriculture, Standards of Official Conduct, and Education and the Workforce. While a member of Congress, Grandy won eight "Watchdog of the Treasury" awards. In 1994, he entered the Republican primary race for Governor of Iowa against incumbent Terry Branstad; he lost the election by 4 percentage points. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) List of Governors Terry Edward Branstad (b November 17 1946, Leland Iowa) is a former four-term Republican Governor of Iowa, who served from
Grandy has three children, Marya, Monica, and Charlie.
Grandy later served as president and CEO of Goodwill Industries from 1995–2000, became a political commentator on National Public Radio, and served as a visiting professor teaching a course on non-profit organizations at the University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Affairs. Goodwill Industries International is one of the world’s largest nonprofit providers of education training and career services for people with disadvantages such as welfare dependency A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research In 2003, Grandy was named co-host of The Grandy & Andy Morning Show, a conservative radio news/talk show on 630 WMAL-AM in Washington, D.C. His co-host is radio veteran Andy Parks. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to WMAL is one of the oldest radio stations in Washington DC The Citadel Broadcasting -owned outlet is a news-talk formatted station broadcasting Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Grandy is a member of the Episcopal Church.
External links
- Fred Grandy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Fred Grandy at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by Berkley Bedell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 6th congressional district 1987–1991 |
Succeeded by none; district eliminated |
| Preceded by Jim Ross Lightfoot |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 5th congressional district 1991–1995 |
Succeeded by Tom Latham |
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