Timothy H Bishop (D)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, New York (1)
- Birth Date: June 1, 1950
- Occupation: College Provost
- Religion: Catholic
- Web site: http://wwwc.house.gov/timbishop/
Education
- College of the Holy Cross, BA
- Long Island University, MPA
Timothy Bishop is the 12th generation of his family to live in Southampton, N.Y. He graduated from Southampton High School in 1968. He began working as an admissions counselor at Southampton College in 1973 and rose through the ranks, becoming provost in 1986.
Before winning a seat in Congress, he was the chief operating officer of the college, which is part of Long Island University. The university decided in 2005 to close its undergraduate program there.
Bishop served as chairman of the scholarship committee for the Southampton Rotary Club, chairman of the Southampton Town Board of Ethics and a board member of the Eastern Long Island Coastal Conservation Alliance.
He was elected to the U.S. House in 2002.
He and his wife Kathy have two daughters.
