Editing Chuck Robb (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:Lynda Bird Johnson and Charles Robb wedding.jpg|thumb|left|Robb and [[Lynda Bird Johnson Robb|Lynda Bird Johnson]]'s wedding at the [[White House]], December 9, 1967]]
Charles Robb was born in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], Arizona, the son of Frances Howard (née Woolley) and James Spittal Robb.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SK-81iI6NJQC&q=%22ROBB,+Charles+Spittal,+B.B.A.,+JD;%22&pg=PA1419 | title=The International Who's Who 2004| isbn=9781857432176| last1=Publications| first1=Europa| year=2003| publisher=Psychology Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/political/welch.html|title = Ancestry of Laura Welch Bush (B. 1946)}}</ref> He grew up in the [[Mount Vernon, Virginia|Mount Vernon]] area of [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], Virginia and graduated from [[Mount Vernon High School (Virginia)|Mount Vernon High School]].<ref>{{cite news |last=McClain |first=Buzz |date=July 2, 2019 |title=Former Senator, Schar School Policy Professor Chuck Robb Tapes Video Interview for Mason Archives |url=https://schar.gmu.edu/news/former-senator-schar-school-policy-professor-chuck-robb-tapes-video-interview-mason-archives |work=George Mason University News |location=Fairfax, VA}}</ref> He attended [[Cornell University]] before earning a Bachelor of Arts from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1961, where he was a member of [[Chi Phi]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite news |last=Online News Hour |date=2000 |title=U.S. Senator Chuck Robb Democratic Incumbent: Virginia's U.S. Senate Race |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/election2000/races/robb_bio.html |work=PBS.org |location=Washington, DC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alumni Spotlights |date=2019 |title=Alumnus Served for more than 30 Years in Public Service: Charles Robb '61 Developed Lifelong Friendships through Chi Phi |url=http://kappachiphi.org/contact/alumni-spotlights/ |work=Kappa chapter of Chi Phi |location=Cedarburg, WI}}</ref>

A [[United States Marine Corps]] veteran and honor graduate of [[The Basic School|Quantico]], Robb became a [[White House social aide]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/robb_charles |title=Robb, Charles |access-date=2008-03-20
|date=2007-12-15 |publisher=[[George Mason University]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316044639/http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/robb_charles <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-03-16}}</ref> It was there that he met and eventually married [[Lynda Bird Johnson Robb|Lynda Johnson]], the daughter of then-U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in a service celebrated by the Right Reverend [[Gerald Nicholas McAllister]]. Robb went on to serve a tour of duty in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], where he commanded Company I of [[3rd Battalion, 7th Marines]] in combat, and was awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] and [[Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)|Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Star]]. Following his promotion to the rank of major, he was attached to the Logistics section (G-4), [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]].

Robb earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Virginia Law School]] in 1973, and [[Law clerk|clerked]] for [[John D. Butzner,&nbsp;Jr.]], a judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit|Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals]]. Afterwards he resided in [[McLean, Virginia]] and entered private practice with [[Williams & Connolly]].<ref name=mitre /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/r000295|title=U.S. Congress Votes Database: Members of Congress / Chuck Robb|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812202142/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/r000295/|archive-date=2009-08-12}}</ref> Robb became active in Virginia politics as a Democrat, and was a member of the [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]] Democratic Committee and the [[Democratic Party of Virginia|Virginia Democratic State Central Committee]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=December 28, 1976 |title=Robb Expected to Announce Candidacy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/288634455/ |work=[[The News Leader|The Staunton Leader]] |location=Staunton, VA |page=7 |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>