Susan Bayh

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|image_size = 150px

|image = Evan and Susan Bayh pose for a picture on the day he was sworn in as Indiana's Secretary of State (cropped).jpg

|office = First Lady of Indiana

|term_start = January 9, 1989

|term_end = January 13, 1997

|predecessor = Mary Davis

|successor = Judy O'Bannon

|governor = Evan Bayh

|birth_name = Susan Lynne Breshears{{cite web |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/susan_l_breshears_born_1959_6799850 |title=The Birth of Susan Breshears |website=California Birth Index}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1959|11|28}}

|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|02|05|1959|11|28}}

|death_place = McLean, Virginia, U.S.

|spouse = {{marriage|Evan Bayh|1985}}

|children = 2

|education = {{ubl|University of California, Berkeley (BA)|University of Southern California (JD)}}

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Susan Lynne Bayh ({{IPAc-en|b|aɪ}} {{Respell|BY}};{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/abcd/#b|title=Say How: B|publisher=National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped|access-date=March 18, 2019}} November 28, 1959 – February 5, 2021) was an American attorney and First Lady of Indiana from 1989 until 1997. She was married to Evan Bayh, a Democratic Indiana politician, who served as the state's governor (1989–1997) and United States Senator (1999–2011).

A newspaper in Indiana described her as being engaged in a profession it termed "professional board member" or "professional director".{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Sylvia |title=Across the boards |publisher=Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |date=December 16, 2007 |url=http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/LOCAL1004/712160424 |access-date=July 21, 2008}}

Career

Bayh began her careers in law and business as a litigator for the Los Angeles law firms of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and later for the Indiana firm of Barnes & Thornburg. In 1989, she joined the pharmaceutical division at the Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Company, managing the company's handling of federal regulatory issues.{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Sylvia |title=Executive Profile, Susan B. Bayh JD |publisher=Business Week |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=703285&capId=28028&previousCapId=160077&previousTitle=WellPoint%20Inc. |access-date=July 21, 2008}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In 1994, she left the employ of Eli Lilly and taught at Butler University's College of Business Administration, holding the title of distinguished visiting professor.

An Indiana newspaper listed eight corporations of which Bayh was a director, as of 2006. Bayh began serving on corporate boards in 1994 and thereafter served on the boards of 14 corporations, including the insurance, pharmaceutical, and food processing industries.

Personal life

Bayh earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a past Miss Southern California and a member of Alpha Phi. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California Law School in 1984. In her first year of law school, she won the American Jurisprudence Award for having the highest grade in her class in the Tort law class.

Bayh and her husband had twin sons, Birch Evans IV (Beau) and Nicholas, born in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://bayh.senate.gov/about/biography/|title=Evan Bayh Biography|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=2009-11-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102132141/http://bayh.senate.gov/about/biography/|archive-date=2009-11-02}}

In May 2018, Bayh underwent brain surgery to remove a malignant glioblastoma tumor.{{cite news |url=http://fox59.com/2018/05/22/former-indiana-first-lady-susan-bayh-recovers-from-surgery-for-brain-cancer/ |title=Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh recovers from surgery for brain cancer |date=May 22, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.wthr.com/article/susan-bayh-recovering-from-surgery-to-remove-brain-tumor |title=Susan Bayh recovering from surgery to remove brain tumor |date=May 22, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/SenEvanBayh/posts/10155710334398507 |title=Senator Evan Bayh Facebook Posts|website=Facebook }} She died in McLean, Virginia, on February 5, 2021, at the age of 61.{{cite news |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2021/02/06/susan-bayh-dies-age-61-after-long-battle-brain-cancer/4420445001/ |title=Former Indiana First Lady Susan Bayh dies at 61 after long battle with brain cancer |date=February 6, 2021}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090330222731/http://people.forbes.com/profile/susan-b-bayh-j-d-/24631 Susan B. Bayh, J.D.] at Forbes
[http://www.journalgazette.net/section/LOCAL1004 Collected news and commentary] at The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
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