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Past president of the American Red Cross and a former candidate for president of the United States, Dole is inaugurating the Lois Walters Coker Lecture Series at Coker College. The annual lecture series will host a nationally known speaker in science, history or public affairs at the college. In a career dedicated to public service, Dole has worked for six United States presidents and, in 1998, a Gallup Poll named her among the world s top 3 most admired women. In 1971, Dole was appointed Deputy Assistant to President Richard Nixon for Consumer Affairs. For much of the 1970s, Dole was a member of the Federal Trade Commission, and she served as Assistant to President Ronald Reagan for Public Liaison from 1981 to 1983.