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Article: Gramm to become investment banker.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- October 7, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Oct 07, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX)
Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, announced Monday he will become an investment banker and vice-chairman of UBS Warburg when he leaves the Senate in January.
Gramm, who was an economics professor at Texas A&M University before he was elected to Congress nearly 24 years ago, announced last year he would retire from the Senate at the end of his current term.
"In academics I studied job creation and economic growth," he said. "As a senator, I championed policies to promote economic growth, free trade and job creation, and I am delighted that in my next career I'll be involved in actually ...