Howard Staley
Dr. Howard Staley, (born March 23, 1955) is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine [D.P.M.] and Surgery and a Chatham County, North Carolina Democrat, who announced on January 17, 2008 that he would join the race for United States Senate in North Carolina to challenge Republican U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole.
Dr. Staley is one of five Democrats running for U.S. Senator. The others are Marcus Williams, an attorney; State Senator and attorney Kay Hagan; Duskin Lassiter, a truck driver; and Jim Neal, a banker.
Early life and career
Staley was born Howard Anthony Staley in Camden, New Jersey to Marie “Mae” Cecelia Euker and Milton “Milt” Carlton Staley (both died in 1998). Staley grew up in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a family of three sisters and one brother. Staley married his wife Hélène in 1990 when he was 35 years old and she was 27 at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in Sanford, North Carolina. Together Dr. Staley and his wife have three children ages 16, 13 and 4. Staley grew up as a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church in Moorestown, N.J. and currently attends Pittsboro Presbyterian Church in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Howard Staley, who is a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) and the North Carolina Foot and Ankle Society, is a Diplomat of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics. He is a Diplomat in both podiatric surgery and podiatric orthopedic medicine. Staley is licensed in both North Carolina and Tennessee.
He has practiced podiatric medicine in Lee, Moore, Wake and Nash counties. In 1981, Staley began practicing podiatric medicine in North Carolina. He maintains hospital privileges with Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, N.C. – but held hospital privileges at Western Wake Medical Center during the years Staley ran three podiatric medical practices in Cary, Sanford and in Aberdeen.
For nearly 27 years, Staley has practiced podiatric medicine in North Carolina. He graduated in 1981 from the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine -- currently known as Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. with a Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine degree [D.P.M.]. In 1977, he graduated from Rutgers University in Camden, N.J., where he earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He graduated from Moorestown High School in Moorestown, N.J. in 1973.
During podiatric medical school and during his undergraduate years, Staley drove a bread truck to put himself through school. Also as a student, he loaded trucks for Jones Motor Freight in a depot in Trenton, N.J.