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Bangladeshi American makes it to US House
Thursday November 04, 2010 02:01:44 PM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington:
Five Indian-Americans may have lost their bids to enter the US
Congress, but a South Asian of Bangladeshi descent has made it for
the first time in the history of the United States.
Hashem Clarke, a Bangladeshi descent democratic member of the
Michigan Senate, has wrested a seat in the House of
Representatives, held by Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick for more than
20 years,
Clarke's election makes him only the third South Asian in US
Congress after Dalip Singh Saund (1957-63; first Asian American in
Congress) and Bobby Jindal (2004-2007).
Clarke was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Bangladeshi American
father, Mozaffar Ali Hashem from Sylhet, and an African American
mother, Thelma Clarke.
His father died when he was a child. Clarke attended Cass
Technical High School, and then got admitted to a prestigious
east-coast prep school to complete his high school. Clarke studied
at Cornell University, graduating with a degree in fine arts.
He was elected to the student seat on the Cornell University Board
of Trustees and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He
then earned a law degree from Georgetown Law School in 1987.
Clarke worked as chief of staff to US Representative John Conyers,
as well as in Wayne County during the administration of Edward H
McNamara.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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