Robert Joseph Dole was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1969–1996, serving part of that time as United States Senate Majority Leader. He was the Republican candidate in the 1996 U.S. Presidential election and the Republican vice presidential candidate in the 1976 Presidential election. In 2007, President George W. Bush appointed Dole as a co-chair of the commission to investigate problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, along with Donna Shalala. Wikipedia
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Robert Joseph Dole was born on July 22, 1923 in rural Russell County, Kan. Dole's father, Doran Ray Dole, ran an egg and cream distribution station and later, a grain elevator. www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/republican/dole/e...
As you well know, I was pleased and excited when you accepted Chancellor Hemenway's invitation to come to KU, and as the Dole Institute flourishes, much of the credit will be yours. www.ur.ku.edu/News/03N/JulyNews/July22/doleremarks.html