Michael Bennet in Wikipedia.org political website

On Principles & Values: Born in India, to diplomat & Jewish Holocaust survivor

Bennet was born in New Delhi, India, the son of Susanne Christine (nＦ Klejman) and Douglas J. Bennet. His father, who was born in New Jersey, served as an aide to Chester Bowles, then the U.S. ambassador to India. Bennet's father was Christian and his mother is a Jewish Holocaust survivor who was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1950. Her parents survived imprisonment in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Bennet's father ran the United States Agency for International Development under President Jimmy Carter, served as President and CEO of National Public Radio (1983-93), and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs in the Clinton Administration (1993-95). His grandfather Douglas Bennet was an economic adviser in Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. Bennet's mother is a retired elementary school librarian.

Source: Wikipedia.com, "Michael Bennet: Early Life and Education" May 2, 2019

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