Bob Dole

Robert Joseph Dole (1923- ), commonly referred to as Bob Dole is a senior counselor for the global PR firm APCO Worldwide and special counsel in Alston & Bird's Washington, D.C. office.

Dole is also "a member of the Legislative and Public Policy Group, a group dedicated to helping clients navigate the intricacies of the laws and regulations passed by Congress, the White House and the courts."[1]

Biographical details

Dole was born in Russell, Kansas on July 22, 1923. He graduated with a alw degree from Washburn Municipal University, Topeka, Kansas, "with an undergraduate and law degree in 1952, after attending Kansas University 1941-1943 and University of Arizona 1948-1949". In 1952 he was admitted to the bar admitted to the bar began work in the law in Russell.[2]

Dole was an infantry officer in Italy during the Second World War and after being wounded was hospitalized for thirty-nine months.

Dole's political career spanned from 1951 to 1996. His roles included as:

• member, State house of representatives 1951-1953;
• county attorney of Russell County 1953-1961;
• elected as a Republican Representative from Kansas, 1961-69 (6th District 1961-63, 1st District 1963-69);
• elected to the United States Senate in 1968, reelected in 1974, 1980, 1986 and again in 1992 and served from January 3, 1969, to June 11, 1996, when he resigned to devote his efforts to his presidential campaign;
• Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1971-73;
• majority leader 1985-1987, 1995-1996; minority leader 1987-1995;
• chairman, Committee on Finance (1981-1985), Special Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1985-1987);
• unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1976;
• unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988; and
• unsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the United States in 1996. [3][4]

Following his defeat in 1996 Dole returned to proactice law in Washington D.C.

Married to Elizabeth Hanford Dole

In 2004, Dole has been seen working as a spokesman advocating people served by Medicare to switch to using prescription drug cards.

Books

• Bob Dole, Unlimited Partners: Our American Story (1988), co-authored with Elizabeth Dole.

Contact details

Personal website: http://www.bobdole.org

External Links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
• Bob Dole's 6-part web site biography
• Wikipedia: Bob Dole, Wikipedia.
• Bob Dole's Skeleton Closet.
• SEN. BOB DOLE (R-KS), MotherJones.com.
• Bob Dole's Farewell to Senate, June 11, 1996, Transcript, Online News Hour.
• Revisiting Watergate: Bob Dole, The Washington Post; also see Dole's Role Reversal by Dan Balz, April 29, 1997.
• Dole Institute; About Bob Dole, LJWorld.com, Lawrence, Kansas, 2003.
• Bob Dole's remarks at dedication of Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, July 22, 2003.
• Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas; see 6News: Dole says new institute to be monument to Kansas, July 22, 2003.
• Jack Kemp, Bob Dole: An American Hero, Empower America, July 23, 2003.
• APCO Worldwide, "Bob Dole Named APCO Senior Counselor", Medai Release, December 6, 2004.
• Hamilton Nolan, "APCO hires Bob Dole to provide 'strategic advice'", PR Week, December 6, 2004.