Editing Phil Gramm (section)

== Early life and education ==
Gramm was born on July 8, 1942, in [[Fort Benning, Georgia]], and grew up in nearby [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]].<ref name="bioguide.congress.gov">{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=g000365 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=2009-08-09}}</ref>
Soon after his birth, Gramm's father, Kenneth Marsh Gramm, a career Army sergeant, suffered a stroke and was partially [[paralyzed]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/early-lessons-help-gramm-bounce-back/article_5a636a1d-6120-50d4-86e5-8332137d01fa.html|title=Early lessons help Gramm bounce back|agency=Associated Press|website=nwitimes.com|date=February 4, 1996 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/19/magazine/tough-texan-phil-gramm.html|title=TOUGH TEXAN; Phil Gramm|first=Richard L.|last=Berke|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 19, 1995}}</ref> He died when Gramm was 14. Gramm's mother, Florence (née Scroggins),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-03-20|title=Florence Gramm, mother of former senator, dies at 91|url=http://archive.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050320/gramm.shtml|website=archive.decaturdaily.com}}</ref> worked double shifts as a nurse to supplement the [[veteran]]s [[disability]] pension.

Gramm attended [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]], graduated in 1961 from Georgia Military Academy (now [[Woodward Academy]]),<ref>https://www.csmonitor.com/1996/0206/06101.html</ref> and graduated in 1964 from the [[University of Georgia]], where he was a member of the [[Phi Kappa Literary Society]].<ref name="bioguide.congress.gov"/><ref name="https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1179162/1998-02-09/ed-1/seq-7/"/> He received a doctorate in economics from the [[University of Georgia]]'s [[Terry College of Business]] in 1967.