Editing Gary Condit (section)

==Early life==
Gary Condit was born in [[Salina, Oklahoma]], on April 21, 1948,<ref>{{cite book |last=United States Congress |date=2005 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA860 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Government Printing Office |pages=860–861 |isbn=978-0-16-073176-1 |ref={{sfnRef|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''}}}}</ref> the son of Velma Jean (Tidwell) Condit (1929–2017) and Adrian Burl Condit (1927–2021), a Baptist minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/condit/profile.html|title=CNN Programs – People in the News|work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.condit-family.com/ps60/ps60_210.html |title=Gary Adrian Condit (Private, Male)|publisher=condit-family.com}}</ref><ref name=s2s>{{cite news |last1=Arax |first1=Mark |last2=Braun |first2=Stephen |date=July 16, 2001 |title=Condit: From Success to Scandal |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/16/news/mn-22909/3 |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, CA  |access-date=November 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214000731/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/16/news/mn-22909/3 |archive-date=December 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was raised and educated in Oklahoma, and graduated from [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]]'s [[Nathan Hale High School (Oklahoma)|Nathan Hale High School]].<ref name="CNN-profile"/> During the summers of his high school years, Condit worked as a [[roustabout]] in Oklahoma's oil fields.<ref name=s2s/> In 1967, at age 18, he married his high school sweetheart Carolyn Berry.<ref name=s2s/> An investigation by journalists in 2001 revealed that Condit provided the wrong birth date for his marriage license.<ref name=s2s/> At the time, Oklahoma required males under age 21 to have parental consent to marry; by claiming to have been born in 1942 rather than 1948, Condit appeared to be older than 18.<ref name=s2s/>

In 1967, Condit's father became pastor of a [[Baptist]] church in [[Ceres, California]], near [[Modesto, California|Modesto]], causing his family to relocate there.<ref name=s2s/> Condit began attendance at [[Modesto Junior College]] and received an [[Associate of Arts]] degree in 1970.{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''|pages=860-861}} In 1972, he received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from [[California State University, Stanislaus]].{{sfn|''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005''|pages=860-861}} While attending college and at the start of his career, Condit worked at a variety of jobs, including one at a tomato cannery,<ref name="s2s" /> one at a factory that made munitions during the [[Vietnam War]],<ref>{{cite news |last=McHale |first=Terence |date=Winter 2008 |title=Gary Condit: From All Angles |url=http://www.californiaconversations.com/index.php/politics/fullarticle/gary_condit_from_all_angles/ |work=California Conversations |location=Sacramento, CA}}</ref> and in the paint department of a [[Montgomery Ward]] department store.<ref name="s2s" />