Here's a look at Paul Wolfowitz's life.

Personal: Birth date: December 22, 1943

Birth place: New York, New York

Birth name: Paul Dundes Wolfowitz

Father: Jacob Wolfowitz

Mother: Lillian (Dundes) Wolfowitz

Marriage: Clare Selgin (1968 - 2002, divorce)

Children: Sara Elizabeth; David Samuel; Rachel Dahlia

Education: Cornell University, A.B. Math (1965); University of Chicago, M.A. Political Science (1967); University of Chicago, PhD Political Science (1972)

Timeline: 1973-1977- Works at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in various positions.

1977-1980 - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Regional Programs under President Carter.

1981-1982 - Head of the Policy Planning Staff at the State Dept.

1983-1986 - Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

1986-1989 - U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia.

1989-1993 - Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for the Bush administration.

1994-2001 - Dean and Professor of International Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

1996 - Foreign policy strategist in Bob Dole's presidential campaign.

2001-2005 - Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States.

August 2004 - Reports of Wolfowitz's romantic involvement with a World Bank employee, Shaha Riza, surface.

March 16, 2005 - Nominated by President George W. Bush to head the World Bank.