Honorable William D. Hathaway

Dodd’s mental strength helped him survivor as a prisoner of war, after being shot down in WWII. He went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and serve Maine in a variety of state offices until being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965. After four terms in the House, he became a member of the Senate, where he supported increased funding for substance abuse treatment and prevention as chairman of the Alcoholism and Narcotics Subcommittee. After leaving the Senate in 1978, he remained in Washington, practicing law. In 1990, he was appointed to the Federal Maritime Commission and served as its chairman from 1993 until his retirement in 1996.