Chuck Grassley

== Early life and education ==
On September 17, 1933, Charles Ernest Grassley was born in [[New Hartford, Iowa]].<ref name="bioguide" /> He is the son of Ruth (née Corwin) and Louis Arthur Grassley.<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/grassley.htm Ancestors of Charles Ernest Grassley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509235407/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/grassley.htm |date=May 9, 2007 }}. rootsweb.com.</ref> Grassley was raised on a farm;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2009/09/09/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-chuck-grassley|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Chuck Grassley |website=usnews.com |date=September 9, 2009|last=Bell|first=Debra}}</ref> his childhood home did not have electricity or indoor plumbing.<ref name="unflattering" /> He graduated from New Hartford Community High School in 1951.<ref name="IAlegis00" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scua.library.uni.edu/university-archives/biographies/charles-e-grassley |title=Charles E. Grassley |website=scua.library.uni.edu |access-date=December 25, 2023}}</ref> At [[University of Northern Iowa|Iowa State Teachers College]] (now the University of Northern Iowa), he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1955 and a Master of Arts in [[political science]] in 1956. He pursued a Ph.D. in political science at the [[University of Iowa]], but did not complete the degree.<ref name="unflattering">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/chuck-grassley-last-act|title=Chuck Grassley’s Last Act|last=Lenz|first=Lyz|date=June 16, 2022|website=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref name="bioguide" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/09/29/iowa-senate-race-2022-chuck-grassley-mike-franken-election-abortion-inflation/10389258002/|title=See what Chuck Grassley, Mike Franken say about abortion and inflation in Iowa's U.S. Senate race|website=The Des Moines Register|date=September 29, 2022}}</ref> During his time as a student, Grassley joined the social-professional [[Alpha Gamma Rho]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greeks in the 113th Congress |url=http://www.nicindy.org/blog/greeks-in-the-113th-congress/ |publisher=North-American Interfraternity Conference |access-date=September 2, 2013 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327052229/http://www.nicindy.org/blog/greeks-in-the-113th-congress/ |archive-date=March 27, 2014}}</ref>