Michael Steele was born on October 19, 1958 at Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George's County and was raised in Washington, DC. He graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School, earned his bachelor's degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University in 1981 and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991. Mr. Steele also spent three years as a seminarian in the Order of St. Augustine in preparation for the priesthood. In 2003, Lt. Governor Steele earned a place in history when he became the first African American elected to statewide office in Maryland. Currently he's the nation's highest-ranking African American Republican elected official and the only sitting African American Lt. Governor in the country. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Mr. Steele to serve a term on the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy. Other affiliations include the State House Trust, the East Baltimore Development Corporation, the Export-Import Bank Advisory Committee and the Prince George's County Chapter of the NAACP. Among the distinguished awards and honors received by Lt. Governor Steele, he has been named a 2005 Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership and was awarded a Bethune-DuBois Institute 2005 Award for his work in the ongoing development of quality education in Maryland. Lt. Governor Steele is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Landover Hills, MD, where he attends mass regularly with his wife Andrea and their two sons, Michael and Drew. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:16:23 GMT Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:16:23 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ While politicians across the country continued to fight over who is liable for the current economic downturn, the Pennsylvania State Senate took matters into its own hands, seeking to provide concrete solutions for a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2008/07/15/small_business_in_2008 4654d633-81d1-48bf-a2af-46b8d5c6dc25 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:16:23 GMT A great deal has changed since President Reagan left the national stage. Our enemies have come to our shores, the rising tide of our economy has not "lifted all boats" and our government has increased, not lessened its... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2008/04/08/uniting_the_republican_party 9bec2d15-2fcb-4b11-9d4c-970d1088cc2b Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT President Bush showed the world that it isn't words, but actions, that truly make a difference. Millions throughout Africa would agree. Mr. Bush recently completed a historic visit to the African continent; a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2008/03/28/bushs_africa_legacy 584adbaa-68e9-4489-8086-45e14d745d45 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT In each Republican presidential debate over the past months, somehow the conversation found itself focused on Ronald Reagan. Maybe it was the candidates themselves claiming the mantle of "Reagan conservative," or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2008/02/07/now_is_the_time_to_act d185ba78-f7b0-456e-95db-9c255c65ab9f Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:01:00 GMT America has always been the land of opportunity. It is a land where the American Dream is more than just a dream; it is a tangible motivator that fosters a pioneer and entrepreneurial spirit. Along the way, the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2007/12/04/o'malley's_tax_binge b38dfa2b-6327-4ce8-bdef-39f54268b786 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT New York looks to play an important role in the upcoming presidential elections in more ways than one. Not only could we see an "all New York" presidential line-up (Rudy vs. Hillary) but Democrat Governor Elliott... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2007/11/13/immigration_amnesty_in_any_form_is_wrong a1f800e6-510d-4626-b064-542a561a43bd Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:01:00 GMT As the nation focused on presidential campaigns - who's up in the polls and who's raising the most money - in Louisiana a quiet revolution occurred. The Republican Party, which has had it pretty rough of late,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2007/11/02/the_jindal_message 8ca624c9-de82-4720-816f-1e7a466ae0e7 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:00:38 GMT I was asked recently what lesson should the GOP have learned from the results of the 2006 Mid-Term elections. That's easy: You can't please everyone, but you sure can make them all mad at you at the same time! Voters... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2007/09/11/what's_at_stake_in_2007 c5031c75-9a77-4f67-9b4d-c7b4c51151d0 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:01:00 GMT These days the news media are filled with reports about influential Republicans breaking with President Bush and the Administration on big issues like the war in Iraq and immigration reform. The conventional wisdom... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2007/07/31/what_makes_a_republican 7da15465-0b8e-4428-8552-a7c0440a4cd6 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:20:15 GMT When House Republicans passed legislation last December that secured our borders and put a premium on strict enforcement of our immigration laws, the American people had hope that their elected leaders had heard their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2007/06/14/secure_the_border_first 7b00203b-6027-41de-b13b-c271f8daa386 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:02:55 GMT An Open Letter to the Republican Presidential Candidates in preparation for the South Carolina debate: For years, I sat in audiences and listened as politicians tried to win over voters, especially minority voters,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelSteele/2007/05/11/an_open_letter_to_the_republican_presidential_candidates a49d9e20-b2ce-4ff6-a1fd-037a0e8bd1f5 Fri, 11 May 2007 16:44:31 GMT