AGE-BIRTH DATE - 55; April 1, 1950 in Trenton, N.J.
EDUCATION - AB, Princeton, 1972; JD, Yale, 1975
EXPERIENCE - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990-present; U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey, 1987-1990; deputy assistant to the U.S. attorney general, 1985-1987; assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, 1981-1985; served in the Army
Reserves from 1972 until 1980 when he was discharged as a captain.
FAMILY - Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann Bomgardner, live in West Caldwell, N.J. They have two children, a college-age son, Philip, and a younger daughter, Laura. His late father, Samuel Alito Sr., was the director of New Jersey's Office of Legislative Services from 1952 to 1984. Alito's sister, Rosemary, is a top employment lawyer in New Jersey.
