Editing Orrin Hatch (section)

== Early life and education ==
Orrin Grant Hatch was born in [[Homestead, Pennsylvania]],<!--also birth place given in official Congressional biography--> a suburb of [[Pittsburgh]].<ref name = Helsel>{{cite news|url = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/orrin-hatch-longest-serving-republican-us-senator-dies-88-rcna25728|title = Orrin Hatch, longest-serving Republican U.S. senator, dies at 88|work=[[NBC News]]|last = Helsel|first = Phil|date = April 23, 2022|accessdate = April 23, 2022|archive-date = April 24, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220424011028/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/orrin-hatch-longest-serving-republican-us-senator-dies-88-rcna25728|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tracey |first=Michael |url=https://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/hostile_takeover_ron_pauls_fans_react/ |title='Hostile takeover': Ron Paul's fans react |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=February 11, 2013 |quote=I was born and raised in Pittsburgh. |archive-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210204910/http://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/hostile_takeover_ron_pauls_fans_react/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was the son of Jesse Hatch (1904–1992), a metal lather,<ref name="Deseret">{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/7/6/19781926/the-two-lives-of-orrin-hatch|title=The two lives of Orrin Hatch|website=[[Deseret News]]|date=July 6, 2003|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920235904/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/510037850/The-two-lives-of-Orrin-Hatch.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and his wife Helen Frances Hatch (née Kamm; 1906–1995). Hatch had eight brothers and sisters, two of whom died during infancy.<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Norman |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/19/hatch.register/ |title=Versatile Hatch: He writes both laws and songs |date=October 17, 1999 |publisher=[[CNN]] |agency=[[The Des Moines Register]] |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050916/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/19/hatch.register/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hatch was profoundly affected by the loss of his older brother Jesse, a [[U.S. Army Air Forces]] [[Air gunner|nose turret gunner]] with the [[725th Bombardment Squadron]] who was killed on February 7, 1945, when the [[B-24]] he was aboard was shot down over [[Austria]].<ref name="Deseret"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/346348-hatch-my-brother-didnt-die-fighting-hitler-for-nazis-to-go-unchallenged-today/|title=Hatch: My brother didn't die fighting Hitler for Nazis to go unchallenged today|first=Brooke|last=Seipel|work=The Hill |date=August 12, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813050303/http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/346348-hatch-my-brother-didnt-die-fighting-hitler-for-nazis-to-go-unchallenged-today|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksl.com/article/33948561/sen-orrin-hatchs-late-brother-honored-at-pentagon|title=Sen. Orrin Hatch's late brother honored at Pentagon|publisher=KSL|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813063743/https://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=33948561|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/581291/senator-receives-shadow-box-in-honor-of-brother/ |title=Senator receives shadow box in honor of brother |work=Air Force |date=March 23, 2015 |agency=[[Air Force Public Affairs Agency|Air Force News Service]] |access-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813103646/http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/581291/senator-receives-shadow-box-in-honor-of-brother/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hatch, who grew up in poverty,<ref name="Niekirk">{{cite news |last=Niekirk |first=William |date=December 21, 1999 |title=Orrin Hatch: A Penchant for Pulling Off Upsets |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/12/21/orrin-hatch/ |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133534/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-12-21/news/9912210239_1_orrin-hatch-gun-control-senate-colleagues |url-status=live}}</ref> was the first in his family to attend college; he attended [[Brigham Young University]] and earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history in 1959. He also fought 11 bouts as an amateur boxer.<ref name="Deseret"/> In 1962, Hatch received a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Pittsburgh School of Law]].<ref name="Deseret"/> Hatch has stated that during law school, he and his young family resided in a refurbished chicken coop behind his parents' house.<ref name="Niekirk"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Davidson |first=Lee |date=January 19, 1994 |title=Brother's Death Drove Hatch to Pack Two Lives into One |url=https://www.deseret.com/1994/1/29/19089186/brother-s-death-drove-hatch-to-pack-2-lives-into-1 |work=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072905/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/333589/BROTHERS-DEATH-DROVE-HATCH-TO-PACK-2-LIVES-INTO-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Hatch worked as an attorney in Pittsburgh and moved to Utah in 1969, where he continued to practice law.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canham |first=Matt |date=January 31, 2012 |title=The Political Birth of Orrin Hatch |url=http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=53359198&itype=cmsid |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205143535/http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=53359198&itype=cmsid |url-status=live }}</ref>