Former Sen. Birch Bayh, author of constitutional amendments and Title IX, dies at 91
Bayh was 91 and was suffering from several illnesses, Evan Bayh told CNN.Originally a farmer, he was elected to the Indiana state House before running for the US Senate and winning in 1962 at age 34."He was a champion of equality for all Americans and opportunity for those in need of it," his son Evan, a former US senator himself, told CNN Thursday."He will be remembered as someone who wanted opportunity, equality, justice ... regardless of station or birthright.
Separately, he was chiefly responsible for Title IX -- an amendment to a 1972 education act -- which said no one in the US, on the basis of sex, should be excluded from participating or be denied benefits or subjected to discrimination to any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
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