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Grandy received his bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University in 1970, and is fluent in both French and Arabic. He played the dimwitted Burl "Gopher" Smith for nine years on The Love Boat, but his political interests preceded his acting career. Prior to college, he was the roommate of David Eisenhower (grandson of President Eisenhower) at Phillips Exeter Academy and later was best man at Eisenhower's wedding to Julie NixonJulie Nixon Eisenhower (born July 5, 1948 in Washington, D. is the daughter of Richard Nixon and married to David Eisenhower, grandson of the 34th president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. She is the younger sister of Tricia Nixon Cox. Julie was active in both her. He also served as a speechwriter for Congressman Wiley Mayne ( R-Iowa).

Grandy, who campaigned as a Republican, won the election in 1986 by 3,000 votes. Although he tried to distance himself from his acting career, he told PeoplePeople a weekly magazine of celebrity and popular culture news, debuted on February 27, 1974. It is best known for its yearly special issues naming "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World," "The Best & Worst Dressed," and "The Sexiest Man Alive. It is magazine, "If there were no Gopher, there would be no Fred Grandy for Congress."

During his four terms in Congress, he served on a variety of committees, including the House Ways and Means, Agriculture, Standards of Official Conduct, and Education and the Workforce. In 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an, he entered the race for Governor of Iowa against incumbent Terry Branstad; he lost the election by 4%. Grandy later served as president and CEO of Goodwill IndustriesGoodwill Industries International is a network of autonomous community-based organizations providing job training and employment services to people with work place disadvantages and disabilities in 37 countries. Good Will includes in their Values statemen from 1995-2000, became a political commentator on National Public RadioFor other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation National Public Radio NPR is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. NPR was, and served as a Visiting Professor teaching a course on non-profit organizations at the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. In 2003, Grandy was named co-host of The WMAL Morning News, a light current-events chat show on WMAL-AM in Washington, D.C. He has also stated that he is a vegan.