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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20040521T000000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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SUMMARY:President Bill Clinton
DESCRIPTION:Senator Dole\, who personally invited Clinton\, said he was delighted his Democratic opponent in the 1996 Presidential campaign had agreed to kick-off the new lecture series. “I cannot think of a more appropriate person to inaugurate the Dole Lecture than President Clinton\,” he said. “It sets entirely the right tone in terms of having the Institute embody non-partisan public service.”
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/president-bill-clinton/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20040913T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20040913T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T161656Z
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SUMMARY:George McGovern\, U.S. Senator
DESCRIPTION:George McGovern received the 2004 Dole Leadership Prize for his bipartisan leadership style\, including his work with Bob Dole to pass significant\, bipartisan legislation in the Senate.\nA native of South Dakota\, McGovern had spent much of his life in public service. \nHe served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. After receiving his PhD in history from Northwestern University in 1953\, McGovern became the executive secretary of the South Dakota Democratic Party and was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1956. In 1961\, he became a Special Assistant to the President as the Director of the Food for Peace Program. \nMcGovern was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962. McGovern served on the Senate committees on agriculture\, nutrition\, forestry and foreign relations. A prominent advocate for expanding key nutrition programs\, his colleagues sought his well-considered opinions and advice\, particularly on issues of farming and agriculture. He lost his Senate seat in 1980 during a nationally high-profile campaign. \nFollowing his Senate career\, he continued his dedication to improving the world’s agricultural and nutritional resources. First nominated as a United Nations Delegate to the General Assembly by President Ford\, McGovern was again appointed to the international organization in differing posts by Presidents Carter and Clinton. In 2001\, the World Food Programme appointed him the first UN Global Ambassador on Hunger. \nIn 2008\, McGovern was a co-recipient of the World Food Prize with Bob Dole for their work in establishing The George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program\, which helps provide nutritious meals for school-aged children around the world.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/george-mcgovern-u-s-senator/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20050426T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20050426T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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SUMMARY:One Soldier’s Story: Senator Bob Dole
DESCRIPTION:Former U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole visited the Dole Institute for the 2005 Dole Lecture “One Soldier’s Story”. \nThe Dole Lecture is a public event headlined by a national figure discussing an aspect of current politics or policy. \nHeld each spring\, it commemorates April 14\, 1945\, when Bob Dole was critically wounded while serving in Italy during World War II. The Dole Lecture honors Dole’s courageous recovery and continuing commitment to serve the nation. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/one-soldiers-story-senator-bob-dole/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20050922T000000
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SUMMARY:Lech Wałęsa\, former President of Poland
DESCRIPTION:Nobel Peace Prize Laureate\, Former President of Poland\, Leader of Solidarity
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/lech-walesa-former-president-of-poland/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20060410T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20060410T000000
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SUMMARY:Tom Daschle
DESCRIPTION:Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Senate minority leader from 1994-2005 (D-South Dakota) \nThe Dole Lecture is a public event headlined by a national figure discussing an aspect of current politics or policy. \nHeld each spring\, it commemorates April 14\, 1945\, when Bob Dole was critically wounded while serving in Italy during World War II. The Dole Lecture honors Dole’s courageous recovery and continuing commitment to serve the nation. \n \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/tom-daschle/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20070422T000000
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SUMMARY:Howard H. Baker\, Jr.\, U.S. Senator (2006 Prize Recipient)
DESCRIPTION:Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker received the 2006 Dole Leadership Prize for his leadership in the Senate\, as White House Chief of Staff\, and as Ambassador.\nSenator Baker began his long and distinguished career in public service in 1943 when he joined the United States Navy. After earning his law degree in 1949\, he practiced law and ran his father’s successful campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1950. After narrowly losing in a 1964 special election\, Baker himself ran for Senate in 1966 and won. He became Tennessee’s first popularly-elected Republican Senator.\nA natural leader\, Baker was a successful Senator. His accomplishments include:\nServing as Senate Minority Leader from 1977 to 1981\,\nServing as Senate Majority Leader from 1981 to 1985\, and\nServing as Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities\, also known as the Senate Watergate Committee\, where he gained notoriety for asking the question: “What did the President know and when did he know it?”\nHe was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Reagan in 1984. \nHe served in the Senate until 1985 when he decided to not seek a fourth term. In 1987\, Baker served as White House Chief of Staff to President Reagan. Following the 1988 election\, Baker returned to Tennessee to work in various law firms. In 2001\, George W. Bush appointed Baker U.S. Ambassador to Japan\, a position he held until 2005.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/howard-h-baker-jr-u-s-senator-2006-prize-recipient/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20070502T000000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T202104Z
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SUMMARY:General Richard B. Myers
DESCRIPTION:Former General Richard B. Meyers speaks for the 2007 Dole Lecture\, about his personal experience with the War on Terror. \nThe Dole Lecture is a public event headlined by a national figure discussing an aspect of current politics or policy. \nHeld each spring\, it commemorates April 14\, 1945\, when Bob Dole was critically wounded while serving in Italy during World War II. The Dole Lecture honors Dole’s courageous recovery and continuing commitment to serve the nation. \n \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/general-richard-b-myers/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20071021T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20071021T000000
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SUMMARY:John Lewis\, U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights activist
DESCRIPTION:Congressman John Lewis received the 2007 Dole Leadership Prize for his courageous leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and his commitment to creating positive change through the political system.Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting human rights\, securing civil liberties\, and building what he calls “The Beloved Community” in America. By the time he was 23\, Lewis was recognized as one of the “Big Six” leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. During the turbulent era\, Lewis led by example:\nHe participated in the Freedom Rides during the summer of 1961\, which challenged segregation at interstate bus terminals across the South;\nFrom 1963 to 1966\, Lewis served as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)\, a body largely responsible for organizing peaceful student activism in the Movement;\nLewis was instrumental in organizing and a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington in August 1963.\nHe organized the Selma\, Ala. March in 1965 with fellow activist Hosea Williams and others to demonstrate a need for equal voting rights. The peaceful 600 protestors were met by violent Alabama State Troopers on the other side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge\, resulting in a brutal confrontation known as “Bloody Sunday.”\nCalled “a genuine American hero and moral leader” by Roll Call Magazine\, Lewis continued a life of service as Director of the Voter Education Project\, which added nearly 4 million minorities to the voter rolls. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter\, Lewis directed ACTION\, the federal volunteer agency responsible for more than 250\,000 volunteers.\nElected to Congress in November 1986\, Lewis has served as U.S. Representative of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District ever since. He is Senior Chief Deputy Whip for the Democratic Party in leadership in the House\, a member of the House Ways & Means Committee\, a member of its Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support\, and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Oversight.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/john-lewis-u-s-congressman-and-civil-rights-activist/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080410T000000
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Tom Brokaw
DESCRIPTION:Tom Brokaw\, Former Anchor of NBC Nightly News and Author \nThe Dole Lecture is a public event headlined by a national figure discussing an aspect of current politics or policy. \nHeld each spring\, it commemorates April 14\, 1945\, when Bob Dole was critically wounded while serving in Italy during World War II. The Dole Lecture honors Dole’s courageous recovery and continuing commitment to serve the nation.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/an-afternoon-with-tom-brokaw/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20081116T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20081116T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T161659Z
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SUMMARY:George H.W. Bush\, 41st President of the United States
DESCRIPTION:George H.W. Bush received the 2008 Dole Leadership Prize for his long career in public service.\nContinuing a family tradition of public service\, Bush enlisted in the Navy on his 18th birthday. As a Navy pilot\, Bush flew 58 combat missions during World War II. \nAfter his military service\, Bush worked privately in the oil industry in Texas before again turning to public service. He served two terms as a Representative to Congress from Texas. Bush was then appointed to a number of other political positions\, including:\nAmbassador to the United Nations\,\nChairman of the Republican National Committee\,\nChief of the U. S. Liaison Office in the People’s Republic of China\, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. \nBush served as Vice President of the United States under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989. In 1988\, Bush won the Presidential election and became America’s 41st President. \nPresident Bush’s foreign policy background and military knowledge served him well. Faced with foreign policy challenges in the changing world landscape as the Cold War ended\, Bush fought against world oppressors. He authorized troops to enter Panama and oust the corrupt General Manuel Noriega\, who was threatening the safety of the canal and Panama’s American residents. He also won international support for Operation Desert Storm\, which pushed Iraqi forces led by Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/george-h-w-bush-41st-president-of-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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SUMMARY:Unlimited Partners: Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole
DESCRIPTION:Former Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole spoke at the Lied Center for the 2009 Dole Lecture as part of the Dole Institute’s annual Dole Lecture Series. \nThe Dole Lecture is a public event headlined by a national figure discussing an aspect of current politics or policy. \nHeld each spring\, it commemorates April 14\, 1945\, when Bob Dole was critically wounded while serving in Italy during World War II. The Dole Lecture honors Dole’s courageous recovery and continuing commitment to serve the nation. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/unlimited-partners-senators-bob-dole-and-elizabeth-dole/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T000000
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SUMMARY:Donna Shalala\, former Health and Human Services Secretary
DESCRIPTION:Donna Shalala received the 2009 Dole Leadership Prize for her long record of public service\, including acting as co-chair of the Commission on Care for Returning Wounded Warriors with former Sen. Bob Dole. Chosen in 2007 by President George W. Bush\, Shalala and Dole led a task force to evaluate how injured veterans transition from active duty to civilian society.\nIn 1993\, Shalala was appointed U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) by President Bill Clinton. She served in that post for eight years to become the longest serving HHS Secretary in history. \nAs HHS Secretary\, Shalala directed the welfare reform process\, made health insurance available to an estimated 3.3 million children through the approval of all State Children’s Health Insurance Programs\, raised child immunization rates to the highest levels in history\, and revitalized the National Institutes of Health. \nAt the end of her tenure as HHS Secretary\, The Washington Post described her as “one of the most successful government managers of modern times.”  \nIn June 2008\, President Bush presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom\, the nation’s highest civilian award. That same year\, she was honored as one of “25 Great Public Servants” by The Council for Excellence in Government. \nAt the time that she was awarded the Dole Leadership Prize\, Shalala was President of the University of Miami.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/donna-shalala-former-health-and-human-services-secretary/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20100419T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20100419T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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SUMMARY:Sheila Bair
DESCRIPTION:FDIC Chair and KU alumna Sheila Bair discussed her career in public service and her efforts to restore Americans’ faith in the financial system.\nSheila C. Bair has spent most of her life in public service\, beginning with her career as a civil rights attorney in what was then the U.S. Department of Health\, Education\, and Welfare. She then went on to serve in the U.S. Department of Treasury\, the New York Stock Exchange\, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Bair was the Research Director and Counsel to then-Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole from 1981 to 1988. Just prior to her current position\, Bair was a professor of financial regulatory policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. \nIn 2006\, Bair was appointed Chairwomen of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for a five-year term. Despite the current turbulent period in the financial sector\, Bair’s innovations have transformed the FDIC with programs that focus on consumer protection and economic inclusion. Bair championed the creation of the Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion which researches small-dollar loan programs. \nFor her role as Chairwomen\, Bair was named the second most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine in 2008. She was also in Time Magazine’s “Time 100” list of the most influential people of 2009. Bair has received countless awards\, including the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award and Author of the Month. Bair has written two children’s books\, Rock\, Brock\, and the Savings Shock (2006) and Isabel’s Car Wash (2008)\, which teaches children about finances. \nBair holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Kansas and a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law. \nThe event was made possible with the generous support of Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. King of Leawood\, Kan.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/sheila-bair/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20101003T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20101003T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T161659Z
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SUMMARY:Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II (WASP)
DESCRIPTION:In 2010\, the Dole Institute of Politics awarded the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II with the Dole Leadership Prize for their courage and contributions during the war.\nAbout World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) \nBetween 1942 and 1944\, at the height of World War II\, more than a thousand women left homes and jobs for the opportunity of a lifetime–to become the first in history to fly for the U.S. military. They volunteered as civilian pilots in an experimental Army Air Corp program to see if women could serve as pilots and relieve men for overseas duty. Originally\, 25\,000 women applied to the program\, 1\,830 were accepted and 1\,074 graduated from training. These women became the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II\, better known as the WASP. Under the determined leadership of Jacqueline Cochran\, Nancy Harkness Love\, and General Henry “Hap” Arnold\, the WASP succeeded beyond all expectations. \nThe WASP were originally stationed at the Howard Hughes Municipal Airport\, Houston\, Texas but were transferred to Avenger Field\, Sweetwater\, Texas in 1943. They received seven months of training including Primary\, Basic\, and Advanced training\, the same as male cadets. The WASP were then stationed at 120 Army Air bases across the United States\, where they flew 78 different types of aircraft\, every aircraft the Army Air Corps flew\, including the B-29. However\, in 1944\, with more than 900 women on duty\, the WASP were deactivated due to military budget cuts. \nBetween 1944 and 1977\, WASP\, along with other supporters and state representatives worked to have their service be both officially recognized and no longer classified as “civilian”. In 1977\, a bill officially declared the WASP as “having served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans Administration.” In 1984\, each pilot was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and those who served for more than one year were also given the American Theater Ribbon and American Campaign Medal. \nFinally\, on July 1st\, 2009\, President Obama signed the bill that would lead Congress to award WASP the Congressional Gold Medal. WASP received the medal on March 10\, 2010\, at a ceremony in Washington D.C.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/women-airforce-service-pilots-of-world-war-ii-wasp/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20110515T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20110515T000000
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SUMMARY:Bob Woodward
DESCRIPTION:Bob Woodward\, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and associate editor for the Washington Post\, was interviewed by Dole Institute of Politics Director Bill Lacy for the 2011 Dole Lecture.\nBob Woodward is regarded as one of America’s preeminent investigative reporters and non-fiction authors. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter\, and is currently an associate editor of the Post. While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972\, Woodward was teamed up with Carl Bernstein; the two did much\, but not all\, of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal that led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. Gene Roberts\, former managing editor of The New York Times has called the work of Woodward and Bernstein “maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time.” \nWoodward has authored or coauthored 16 non-fiction books in the last 36 years. All 16 have been national bestsellers and 12 of them have been #1 national non-fiction bestsellers – more #1 national non-fiction bestsellers than any contemporary author.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/bob-woodward/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20110919T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20110919T000000
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SUMMARY:Viktor Yushchenko\, former President of Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Viktor Yushchenko\, former President of Ukraine\, received the 2011 Dole Leadership Prize.\n“We are honored to give the Dole Leadership Prize to such a great cultural and revolutionary icon\,” said Bill Lacy\, director of the Dole Institute. “Yushchenko and the Orange Revolution ignited a fire for the people of Ukraine\, and his victory was a landmark for all of postcommunist eastern Europe.” \nYushchenko served as Prime Minister of Ukraine from 1999-2001.  During that time\, he addressed economic and social problems by lowering inflation\, advancing privatization\, and challenging corrupt practices.  Although he was a popular prime minister\, Yushchenko was forced out of office by higher ranking government officials.\nYushchenko responded by forming a broad-based democratic coalition called Our Ukraine\, which was victorious in the parliamentary elections in 2002. The newly organized opposition gave him a platform from which to mount a credible challenge to President Leonid Kuchma\, who had been accused of overseeing an increasingly corrupt administration. \nDuring his campaign for the presidency in 2004\, Yushchenko became seriously ill from dioxin poisoning in an apparent assassination attempt; his face was left permanently disfigured. Mass protests\, which became known as the Orange Revolution\, followed a runoff round in which Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych had been declared the winner of fraudulent elections. Thousands of Ukrainian citizens\, inspired by Yushchenko’s candidacy and their desire for democracy\, occupied the center of the capital city for weeks. The Supreme Court invalidated the falsified result and ordered a second runoff to be held in December 2004. Yushchenko was officially confirmed as the winner the following month. \nYushchenko’s victory was proof that a powerful civic movement\, committed opposition politicians\, and a resolute\, rising middle class had come together to stop the ruling elite from rigging an election and stealing Ukraine’s presidency.  The Orange Revolution was a groundbreaking milestone in the history of Eastern Europe since the fall of communism and inspired pro-democracy movements all over the world. \nThe 2011 Dole Leadership Prize was made possible in part through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. King of Leawood\, Kan.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/viktor-yushchenko-former-president-of-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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SUMMARY:2012 | Why Presidents Succeed. Why They Fail.
DESCRIPTION:With the 2012 presidential contest already underway\, the Dole Institute’s signature series looks at what separates successful presidents from those deemed failures.\nBoth Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon had significant accomplishments during their presidencies that were overshadowed by Vietnam and Watergate respectively. What if these men had been able to avoid these stains? Join us as we look at each man in this light. \n  \nKick Off\n1/29/2012 \nWith the 2012 presidential contest already underway\, the Dole Institute looks at what separates successful presidents from those deemed failures.\nPresidential historian and first Dole Institute permanent director\, Richard Norton Smith\, will kick off the series with his take on this timely topic. Join Richard as he is interviewed by Dole Institute Director\, Bill Lacy\, on the leadership traits that create great presidents\, and the mistakes that make them weak.\nNote: This event was not recorded. \n  \nNixon Presidency\n4/19/2012 \n \nFormer Nixon speechwriters John Andrews\, who previously served as President of the Colorado Senate\, and Lee Huebner\, former professor of communications and journalism at Northwestern University\, speak about the Nixon Presidency\, and as the question of\n“What if there never was a Watergate?” These two speechwriters from the Nixon White House will explore his presidency without this term-ending event. \n  \nIndomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency\n4/23/2012 \n \nWithout Vietnam would the public and historians have seen LBJ differently? Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum director and author\, Mark Updegrove\, discusses this question and his new book\, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2012-why-presidents-succeed-why-they-fail/
CATEGORIES:Presidential Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120404T000000
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SUMMARY:Senator George Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:George Mitchell is an exemplary public servant with an impressive political career. Mitchell served with Senator Dole in the Senate and was a founder of the Bipartisan Policy Center. After leaving the Senate\, he has continued to serve by seeking peace in Northern Ireland and in the Middle East and by studying the effect of doping in professional sports. \nMitchell most recently served as U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from January 2009 to May 2011. Prior to that\, he had a distinguished career in public service. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1980 to complete the unexpired term of Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. He was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1982 in a come-from-behind victory. Mitchell went on to a career in the Senate spanning 15 years. He left the Senate in 1995 as the Senate majority leader\, a position he had held since January 1989. \nIn 2007\, Mitchell joined fellow former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker\, Bob Dole\, and Tom Daschle to found the Bipartisan Policy Center\, a non-profit think tank that works to develop policies suitable for bipartisan support.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/senator-george-mitchell/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121014T000000
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SUMMARY:Wounded Warrior Project
DESCRIPTION:With the mission to honor and empower Wounded Warriors\, Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is the hand extended to encourage warriors as they achieve new triumphs. WWP was the recipient of the 2012 Dole Leadership Prize. Wounded Warriors\, a WWP advocate/caregiver and WWP’s executive director\, Steven Nardizzi\, joined us at the Dole Institute for an interview discussion and awarding of the prize.\nU.S. Army sniper Shane Parsons was prowling for IEDs in Baghdad when he pointed a Humvee down a desolate street to check out something that seemed out of the ordinary in a place marked by oddities of warfare. \nWhat happened next would send him on a challenging six-year journey to the Dole Institute of Politics at The University of Kansas\, where he offered a poignant recitation of life from injury into survival aided by the Wounded Warrior Project. The organization’s contributions to Parsons and thousands of other veterans making the adjustment to the civilian world on Sunday earned it the 2012 Dole Leadership Prize.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/wounded-warrior-project/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130210T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130218T000000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160147
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SUMMARY:2013 | In the Beginning: Three Men Who Made America
DESCRIPTION:A fascinating look at the Founding Fathers! Presidential historian and first permanent director of the Dole Institute\, Richard Norton Smith\, brought our first three presidents to life and helped us understand these men’s important contributions to the start of our nation. \n  \nPart One: George Washington\n2/10/2013 \n \nGeorge Washington was born on February 22\, 1732\, in Westmoreland County\, Virginia. Washington served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolution\, and later became the first president of the United States\, serving from 1789-1797. Washington’s first term in office was dominated by shaping the role of the president. He appointed the first presidential cabinet\, oversaw measures that Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton encouraged for solid financial grounding\, and designated a site for the nation’s new capital. Washington’s second term centered on foreign affairs\, and he wisely let his preference for neutrality be known. He dealt firmly with the Whiskey Rebellion and sent Chief Justice John Jay to England to negotiate an unpopular peace treaty with the British. He also asserted his distaste for emerging political parties\, which were coming to dominate the American system of government. Washington enjoyed three years of retirement at Mt. Vernon before his death on December 14\, 1799. \n  \nPart Two: John Adams\n2/12/2013 \n \nJohn Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. A Harvard-educated lawyer\, he early became identified with the patriot cause. During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles\, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. In 1788\, he returned from the Court of St. James to be elected Vice President under Washington. In 1796\, Adams became the second president of the U.S. During his presidency\, a war between the French and British was causing political difficulties for the U.S. Adams’ administration focused its diplomatic efforts on France\, whose government had suspended commercial relations. Adams sent three commissioners to France\, but the French refused to negotiate unless the U.S. agreed to pay what amounted to a bribe. When this became public knowledge\, the nation broke out in favor of war. By 1800\, Adams had become significantly less popular with the public. He lost his re-election campaign with only a few less electoral votes than Thomas Jefferson. Adams died on July 4\, 1826\, the 50th anniversary of American independence. \n  \nPart Three: Thomas Jefferson\n2/18/2013 \n \nThomas Jefferson was born in 1743 in Albemarle County\, Virginia\, inheriting from his father\, a planter and surveyor\, some 5\,000 acres of land\, and from his mother\, a Randolph\, high social standing. He studied at the College of William and Mary\, then read law. In 1772\, he married Martha Wayles Skelton and took her to live in his partly constructed mountaintop home\, Monticello. As the “silent member” of Congress\, Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. In years following\, he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia. Most notably\, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom\, enacted in 1786. As a reluctant candidate for President in 1796\, Jefferson came within three votes of election. But through a flaw in the Constitution\, he became Vice President\, although an opponent of President Adams. When Jefferson assumed the Presidency in 1801\, the crisis in France had passed. He slashed Army and Navy expenditures\, cut the budget\, eliminated the tax on whiskey\, reduced the national debt by a third\, and purchased the Louisiana Territory. Jefferson retired to Monticello\, and then died on July 4\, 1826.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2013-in-the-beginning-three-men-who-made-america/
CATEGORIES:Presidential Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130502T000000
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SUMMARY:Ike's Legacy: Brigadier General Carl Reddel
DESCRIPTION:Ike is a personal hero of Bob Dole’s\, and the Dole Institute was proud to honor President Eisenhower’s life and legacy with the annual Dole Lecture. Are you aware of the effort to honor IKE with a memorial on the national mall? Authorized in 1999 by an act of Congress\, the Commission seeks to build a memorial fitting this great American and Kansan. General Reddel will talk about what Eisenhower means to America\, as well as the status of building this national icon’s memorial.\nBrigadier General Carl Reddel is Executive Director of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/ikes-legacy-brigadier-general-carl-reddel/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131027T000000
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SUMMARY:Nelson Mandela\, former President of South Africa
DESCRIPTION:The Dole Institute of Politics was proud to honor Nelson Mandela\, former president of South Africa\, as the 2013 Dole Leadership Prize recipient. Mandela’s great-grandson\, Luvuyo Mandela\, accepted the prize on the former president’s behalf. The $25\,000 prize was awarded to the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/nelson-mandela-former-president-of-south-africa/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140216T000000
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SUMMARY:2014 | The First Ladies: Intimate Sacrifice\, Honored Post
DESCRIPTION:Richard Norton Smith\, notable presidential historian\, will examine the private lives and the public roles of the First Ladies and how this position has changedsince Martha Washington. \nThe Presidential Lecture Series is sponsored in part by the William T. Kemper II Charitable Trust and Commerce Trust Company and Bob Loyd\, Co-Trustees. \n  \nPrisoners of State\n2/16/2014 \n \nFor the first event\, Smith examined and discussed the early First Ladies. Many of these distinguished women experienced personal tragedy and paid a heavy price for their husband’s ambition. \n  \nMary and Her Sisters\n2/17/2014 \n \nThe Gilded Age of First Ladies was a fascinating group of women. Mary Todd Lincoln was a polarizing figure in the press\, Lucy Hayes became the first First Lady to graduate college\, and Frances Cleveland married into the White House. Smith took a look at their contributions to the nation. \n  \nThe Wilsons & the Roosevelts\n2/26/2014 \n \n  \nTrailblazers & Traditionalists\n2/27/2014 \n \nThe First Ladies of the recent past: Jackie\, Lady Bird\, Betty\, and Nancy really gave the First Lady title influence and prestige. These women were role models and style icons for the women of America and sought causes to champion in their own right.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2014-the-first-ladies-intimate-sacrifice-honored-post/
CATEGORIES:Presidential Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140504T000000
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SUMMARY:The New Democrats and the Return to Power: Al From
DESCRIPTION:“Al From is the principal architect for the Clinton presidency and the new Democrat movement\, which helped shape the 21st century Democratic Party\,” said Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy. “Most of the Dole Lectures have been by or about public figures; this is the first that will honor a person working behind the scenes to change American politics in a major way.”\nAl From described his involvement in the effective restoration of the Democratic Party. \nFrom also discussed current U.S. politics\, the state of both parties and his book\, “The New Democrats and the Return to Power.” This key\, behind-the-scenes strategist helped shift domestic political power.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-new-democrats-and-the-return-to-power-al-from/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141214T000000
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SUMMARY:John D. Kemp\, president & CEO of The Viscardi Center
DESCRIPTION:The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics honored John D. Kemp\,  president & CEO of the Viscardi Center\, with the 2014 Dole Leadership Prize. The prize was awarded during an interview with Mr. Kemp\, who uses his own life with a disability to inspire others to achieve the impossible through knowledge\, experience\, vision\, personality\, and persistence. Hear why Mr. Kemp is widely respected for his many achievements\, both in the corporate and non-profit worlds.\nThe Dole Leadership Prize is awarded annually to an individual or group whose public service leadership inspires others. Mr. Kemp chose to gift the $25\,000 award to The Viscardi Center\, a network of non-profit organizations that provides services that educate\, employ and empower children and adults with disabilities.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/john-d-kemp-president-ceo-of-the-viscardi-center/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150212T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150304T000000
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SUMMARY:2015 | The First Woman President 2.0
DESCRIPTION:With attention turning toward the next presidential race\, we look at a question we first addressed nine years ago: Will the U.S. elect its first woman president? What unique challenges must women overcome to rise through the ranks to some of the highest positions in public service\, politics\, and business or to be President of the United States? Following the historic election of our first African-American President in 2008 we update the Dole Institute’s 2006 series on women in leadership and look at this possibility for 2016. \n  \nPart I: An Evening with Kathleen Sebelius\n2/12/2015 \n \nFormer Governor of Kansas and former Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services\, Kathleen Sebelius\, will be interviewed about her journey in public service from her days in Kansas politics to her presidential appointment in Washington\, and the challenges she faced in her two pivotal executive roles. \n  \nPart II: The New Paradigm for Women’s Political Success with Adrienne Kimmell\n2/17/2015 \n \nExecutive director of the nonpartisan Barbara Lee Family Foundation\, Adrienne Kimmell\, joins us to look at how research is helping women candidates utilize advantages unique to their gender to tailor ads\, speeches and messaging into successful campaigns. From personal traits\, to actions that convey qualification and likeability\, to recovery from mistakes\, this program will look at what it takes for women to seek and win elective office. \n  \nPart III: Women Legislative Leadership with panelists Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter\, Beka Romm & Joan Wagnon\n2/24/2015 \n \nDole Institute associate director and State Representative\, Barbara Ballard\, will moderate this discussion on leadership\, time pressures\, and what it takes to successfully lead on the local\, state\, and federal levels. Come hear more about confronting and overcoming hurdles – be they political\, personal\, or social – from those working in the legislative arena. \n  \nPart IV: Women’s Leadership on Campus: Discovering the Leader in You\n3/4/2015 \n \nWith KU faculty panelists Mary Banwart\, Ann Cudd & Alice Lieberman. Do you communicate confidence\, ambition\, and capability? Panelists from Communications Studies\, Philosophy\, and Social Welfare\, along with moderator\, Dole Institute associate director Barbara Ballard\, will be on hand to discuss your leadership potential. Topics will explore values\, tactics\, and beliefs – all factors that contribute to becoming the leader you would like to be.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2015-the-first-woman-president-2-0/
CATEGORIES:Presidential Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150426T000000
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SUMMARY:Representative Lynn Jenkins
DESCRIPTION:U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins\, fifth ranking member of the House Majority\, will be interviewed on her national leadership position in Congress\, what’s happening in Washington\, D.C.\, today\, and women’s leadership. An excellent way to conclude a semester largely devoted to women as leaders. \n \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/representative-lynn-jenkins/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151123T000000
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SUMMARY:William J. Clinton\, 42nd President of the United States
DESCRIPTION:President Bill Clinton accepted the 2015 Dole Leadership Prize\, presented by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics\, for his work balancing the budget and practicing bipartisanship while in office.\nAs president\, Clinton led the U.S. to the longest economic expansion in American history and worked with both Republic and Democratic congressional majorities. The Dole Leadership Prize is awarded annually to an individual or group whose public service leadership inspires others.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/william-j-clinton-42nd-president-of-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Dole Leadership Prize
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160131T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160426T000000
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SUMMARY:2016 | They Also Ran: America’s Would-Be Presidents
DESCRIPTION:In the 2016 Presidential Lecture Series\, noted presidential historian and former Dole Institute director Richard Norton Smith returns this spring to examine the politicians who were nominated to America’s highest office but never elected. Covering their careers and the reasons behind their losses\, this timely four-part series will shed light on the impact of presidential elections on U.S. politics. \n  \nPart One: The 19th Century\n1/31/2016 \n \nIn the 1800s\, three men ran for President of the United States a combined nine times\, but never claimed the prize. Though Henry Clay\, James G. Blaine and William Jennings Bryan’s presidential candidacies failed\, their historical contributions and careers inspired millions. \n  \nPart Two: Governors of New York\n2/1/2016 \n \nThe beginning of the 20th century saw the rise of New York’s influence on United States politics\, along with the start of America’s love/hate relationship with the Empire State. Three New York governors in Charles Evans Hughes\, Thomas E. Dewey and Al Smith became key leaders across the political spectrum. \n  \nPart Three: Influence in Defeat\n4/25/2016 \n \nAdlai Stevenson and Barry Goldwater were polar opposites in many ways. One was from the left and the other the right\, but both possessed devoted followers and had profound influence on their party’s development in the mid-20th century. \n  \nPart Four: The Contemporary Midwesterners\n4/26/2016 \n \nSmith wraps up the series by bringing us to modern times with Hubert Humphrey\, George McGovern and Robert Dole\, three native Midwesterners who had a historical impact that far exceeded their electoral vote.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2016-they-also-ran-americas-would-be-presidents/
CATEGORIES:Presidential Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160417T000000
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SUMMARY:Martin Frost and Tom Davis
DESCRIPTION:In a high-stakes election year with deep divisions along party lines\, bipartisanship often feels like a thing of the past. Former Congressmen Tom Davis (R) and Martin Frost (D) joined us at the Institute to discuss why gridlock is more prominent than ever—and how it can be stopped.\nWith 40 years of combined service in the U.S. House of Representatives\, Davis and Frost are the authors of Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis. \n \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/martin-frost-and-tom-davis/
CATEGORIES:Dole Lecture
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