Familyandeducation
LockewasbornonJanuary21,1950,inSeattle,Washington.Athird-generationAmericanwithpaternalancestryfromTaishan,Guangdong,China,LockeisthesecondoffivechildrenofJamesLocke,whoservedasastaffsergeantintheUnitedStatesArmy'sFifthArmoredDivisionduringWorldWarII,[2]andhiswifeJulie,whoisfromHongKong,whichatthattimewasaBritishcrowncolonyoftheUnitedKingdom.HisparentsgavehimtheChinesenameof骆家辉,(pronouncedLokGaa-FaiinCantonese).HedidnotlearntospeakEnglishuntilhewasfiveyearsoldandenteredschool.[3]
LockegraduatedwithhonorsfromSeattle’sFranklinHighSchoolin1968.HeachievedEagleScoutandreceivedtheDistinguishedEagleScoutAwardfromtheBoyScoutsofAmerica.[3][4]
Throughacombinationofpart-timejobs,financialaidandscholarships,LockeattendedYaleUniversity,graduatingwithaBachelorofArtsdegreeinpoliticalsciencein1972.[5]HelaterreceivedhisJurisDoctorfromtheBostonUniversitySchoolofLawin1975.
OnOctober15,1994,hemarriedMonaLee,atelevisionreporterfortheNBCaffiliateKING5televisioninSeattle.SheisalsoofChineseancestry,herfathercomingfromShanghaiandhermotherfromHubeiProvince.TheLockeshavethreechildren:EmilyNicole,borninMarch1997,DylanJames,borninMarch1999andMadelineLee,borninNovember2004.[6]