Former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, an Indiana Democrat who went on to chair the 9/11 Commission and was one of his party’s foremost foreign policy mavens, has died at the age of 94.
First elected in 1964, Hamilton served 17 terms and went on to a busy retirement with his roles at, among other institutions and organizations, Indiana University’s Center on Representative Government and the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, named after him and the late Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar.
“Few public servants have shaped our understanding of democracy, global engagement, and principled leadership as profoundly as Lee Hamilton,” Indiana University President Pamela Whitten said in a statement. “His lifelong commitment to public service reflects the very best of our democratic ideals and left an enduring impact on our nation.”
