Bob Bennett
Robert Foster Bennett was born September 18, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah the the son of Frances Grant Bennett and four-term U.S. Senator Wallace Foster Bennett. He is the grandson of Heber J. Grant, former President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He attended Utah public schools and received a B.S. from the University of Utah in 1957. Bennett married Joyce McKay in 1962; the couple has six children: Julie, Robert, James, Wendy, Heather, and Heidi. He was a chaplain in the Army National Guard from 1957 to 1969.
Bennett earned distinction in entrepreneurial and government activities. For his success as chief executive officer of the Franklin International Institute Bennett was named Inc. Magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year" for the Rocky Mountain region. His Washington, D.C. experience includes service as chief congressional liaison at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Reelected to a third term in the United States Senate in 2004, the Republican Utah senator is a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Joint Economic Committee.
