Hastings College of Law
Which school did Bob Matsui go to from 1963 to 1966?
Bob Matsui Robert Takeo Matsui ( September 17 , 1941 – January 1 , 2005 ) was an American politician from the state of California . Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S . House of Representatives as the congressman for Californias 5th congressional district from 1979 until his death at the end of his 13th term . The Robert T . Matsui United States Courthouse in Sacramento is named in his honor . Early life and education . A third-generation Japanese American , Matsui was born in Sacramento , California , and was six months old when he and his family were taken from Sacramento and interned by the U.S . government at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in 1942 . Matsui graduated from the University of California , Berkeley in 1963 with a BA in political science , and then from the Hastings College of Law in 1966 . He founded his own Sacramento law practice in 1967 . Political career . In 1971 , Matsui was elected to the Sacramento City Council . He won re-election in 1975 and became vice mayor of the city in 1977 . In 1978 , Matsui ran for the Democratic nomination in what was then the 3rd District after 12-term incumbent John E . Moss announced his retirement . He won a five-way Democratic primary with 36 percent of the vote , besting a field that included State Assemblyman Eugene Gualco and Sacramento Mayor Phil Isenberg . He defeated Republican Sandy Smolley with 53 percent of the vote . He would never face another contest nearly that close in what has long been the most Democratic district in interior California , and would be reelected 13 times . After his initial contest , he never dropped below 68 percent of the vote . He was reelected in 1982 with no major-party opposition , and was unopposed in 1984 . His district was renumbered as the 5th District after the 1990 Census . In 1988 , Matsui succeeded in helping pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 , which produced an official apology from the Federal government for the World War II internment program and offered token compensation to victims . He was also instrumental in the designation of Manzanar internment camp as a national historic site and in obtaining land in Washington , D.C . for the memorial to Japanese-American patriotism in World War II . He was a chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee , ranking member of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means , and third-ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee . During his term he was noted for his staunch opposition to privatization of Social Security . He had a mostly liberal voting record having opposed the Defense of Marriage Act , the ban on partial-birth abortions , and the Private Securities and Litigations Reform Act . In what would be his last election , 2004 , he faced Republican Mike Dugas and easily won a 14th term with 71.4% of the vote , compared to Dugas 23.4% . Opponents Pat Driscoll ( Green Party ) and John Reiger ( Peace and Freedom Party ) , won 3.4% and 1.8% of the vote , respectively . ( DCCC chairs are chosen in part because they are not expected to face serious competition for re-election. ) Personal life . He was married to Doris Okada who , until December 1998 , worked as deputy assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison for President Bill Clinton , leaving to become senior advisor and director of government relations at the firm of Collier Shannon Scott , PLLC before winning election to her late husbands seat . The Matsuis had one son , Brian , who received his undergraduate and law degree from Stanford University . Death . In late 2004 , Matsui entered Bethesda Naval Hospital with pneumonia on December 24 . It was a complication from myelodysplastic syndrome , a rare stem cell disorder that causes an inability of the bone marrow to produce blood products , such as red blood cells , white blood cells and platelets . He died of pneumonia on January 1 , 2005 . In the special election on March 8 to fill the vacant seat , Matsuis widow Doris won with over 68 percent of the vote ; she was sworn in on March 10 , 2005 .