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| Chuck at the age of 2, playing in
the sand at Rockaway Beach. |
Charles Ellis Schumer was born in Brooklyn, New York on November
23, 1950.
Chuck grew up in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, first
attending PS 197, followed by Madison High School. Chuck's father,
Abe Schumer, owned an exterminating business. His mother, Selma,
raised Chuck, his younger brother Robert and his younger sister
Fran. The family spent part of their summers enjoying the sand and
surf at Rockaway Beach.
Chuck was a good student and a hard working basketball player (in
fact, Chuck later went on to play basketball on an intermural House
of Representatives team whose motto was, "We're small but we're
slow."). In high school, Chuck was a member of his school's
"It's Academic" team and a National Merit scholar, graduating
as valedictorian. He also worked in a printing shop for a Brooklyn
High School teacher named Stanley Kaplan who was in the early stages
of building his test preparation business.
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Chuck, Bob and Fran Schumer
in 1952.
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Chuck (first from the left)
celebrating his graduation from Kindergarten at PS 197
in 1953.
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| Chuck representing Madison High School
in the It's Academic trivia competition. |
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| Abe and Selma Schumer with President Bill
Clinton during Chuck's 1998 Senate campaign. |
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