| Considered a possible running mate for then Gov. Bush. | Re-elected to the U.S. Senate with 83% of the vote, larges margin ever in NE Senate race. | Seek re-election, run for president or return to private life? |
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| Deputy director of the G7 Summit. President and CEO of the Private Sector Council. | Pres. of McCarthy & Co. (investment banking), 1992-96. Chairman of AIS, 1992-95. | CEO of AIS, 1993-94. (AIS later became ES&S). | Elected to the U.S. Senate def. Gov. Ben Nelson (D) by 56.1% to 41.7% in an upset. | Seeks NRSC chairmanship but defeated by Sen. Mitch McConnell 39 to 13. |
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| Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Admin., 1981-82. | Quits VA position. Co-founder and Pres. of Collins, Hagel & Clarke, Inc., 1982-85. | Co-founder, Exec. VP of Vanguard Cellular Systems. Marries Lilibet Ziller (2 children). | Elected president and CEO of World United Service Organization; 1987-90. |
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| Graduates from Univ. of Nebraska. Staffer to Rep. John Y. McCollister (R-NE), 1971-77. | Manager of Gov't Affairs for The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in D.C., 1977-80. |
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| Graduates from St. Bonaventure High School, Columbus, NE. One semester at Wayne State. | Transfers to Kearney State; works at the Holiday Inn. | Works at dept. store. Graduates Brown Institute for Radio and Television in Minn. | Working at radio station in Lincoln. U.S. Army infantry, 1967-68. | Serves in Vietnam, wounded twice. | Newscaster and talk show host with radio stations KBON and KLNG in Omaha, 1969-71. |
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| Born Oct. 4, 1946 in North Platte, NE. |
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| Copyright
© 2006 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action
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