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Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen, Jr. (born November 21, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 48th Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County, from 1991 to 1999. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation, which he sold in 1986. ==Background== Bredesen was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. His parents were Norma Lucille (née Walborn) and Philip Norman Bredesen. His father, a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, was stationed at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey at the time of Bredesen's birth. The family lived in various locations during Bredesen's early childhood, including Canandaigua, New York and Arlington, Massachusetts. When his parents separated in 1951, Norma moved with her two sons, Phil and his younger brother, Dean (1947–2006), to her family home in Shortsville, New York, where they lived with Bredesen's maternal grandmother, a widow. Shortsville is the community Bredesen considers to be his hometown, and he lived there until he left for college.〔 He attended the Red Jacket Central Elementary and Secondary School, located in the adjoining village of Manchester.〔Jon Meacham, "(Guns, Liquor and the Age of Obama )," ''The Daily Beast'', 29 May 2009.〕 In 1961, Bredesen entered Harvard College, where he concentrated in physics and lived in Quincy House. He received his A.B. in 1967.〔Harvard University, ''2005 Alumni Directory'', p. 188.〕 After graduating, he moved to Lexington, Massachusetts, where did classified work for Itek.〔 Bredesen married Susan Cleaves in 1968, but they divorced in 1974 and had no children.〔''(The International Who's Who: 2004 )'', Psychology Press, 1 June 2003, p. 218.〕 In 1968, Bredesen worked for the campaign of Minnesota congressman Eugene McCarthy, who was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.〔 Bredesen launched his first political campaign in 1969, when he ran for the Massachusetts State Senate. He was defeated by a popular incumbent Republican, Ronald MacKenzie.〔 Bredesen joined pharmaceutical firm G.D. Searle & Company in 1971, and moved to London in 1973 to manage one of the company's divisions.〔 In 1974, Bredesen married Andrea Conte in Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England, and the two have one son, Ben. In 1975, the family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where Conte had been recruited by Hospital Corporation of America.〔 In Nashville, Bredesen founded HealthAmerica Corp., an insurance company that eventually grew to more than 6,000 employees and was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.〔"(Philip Norman Bredesen )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2009. Retrieved: 11 January 2013.〕 He sold his controlling interest in HealthAmerica in 1986,〔 and because of the wealth he earned from his work with the company, he did not accept his gubernatorial salary.〔Tom Humphrey, "(Bredesen Closing Campaign Fund, Paying Off 2002 Loan )," ''Knoxnews.com'', 8 January 2010. Retrieved: 11 January 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phil Bredesen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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