(2) Growing up during the Great Depression, 
Bob Dole learned the values of hard work and dis-
cipline, and worked at a local drug store. 
(3) In 1941, Bob Dole enrolled at the Univer-
sity of Kansas as a pre-medical student. During his 
time at KU he played for the basketball, football, 
and track teams, and joined the Kappa Sigma Fra-
ternity, from which he would receive the ‘‘Man of 
the Year’’ award in 1970. 
(4) Bob Dole’s collegiate studies were inter-
rupted by WWII, and he enlisted in the United 
States Army. During a military offensive in Italy, he 
was seriously wounded while trying to save a fellow 
soldier. Despite his grave injuries, Dole recovered 
and was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze 
Star with an Oak Cluster for his service. He also re-
ceived an American Campaign Medal, a European- 
African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and a 
World War II Victory Medal. 
(5) While working on his law degree from 
Washburn University, Bob Dole was elected into the 
Kansas House of Representatives, serving from 
1951–1953. 
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(6) Bob Dole was elected into the U.S. House 
of Representatives and served two Kansas districts 
from 1961–1969. 
(7) In 1969, Bob Dole was elected into the U.S. 
Senate and served until 1996. Over the course of 
this period, he served as Chairman of the Repub-
lican National Committee, Chairman of the Finance 
Committee, Senate Minority Leader, and Senate 
Majority Leader. 
(8) Bob Dole was known for his ability work 
across the aisle and embrace practical bipartisanship 
on issues such as Social Security. 
(9) Bob Dole has been a life-long advocate for 
the disabled and was a key figure in the passing of 
the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. 
(10) After his appointment as Majority Leader, 
Bob Dole set the record as the nation’s longest-serv-
ing Republican Leader in the Senate. 
(11) Several Presidents of the United States 
have specially honored Bob Dole for his hard work 
and leadership in the public sector. This recognition 
is exemplified by the following: 
(A) President Reagan awarded Bob Dole 
the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1989 stating, 
‘‘Whether on the battlefield or Capitol Hill, 
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Senator Dole has served America heroically. 
Senate Majority Leader during one of the most 
productive Congresses of recent time, he has 
also been a friend to veterans, farmers, and 
Americans from every walk of life. Bob Dole 
has stood for integrity, straight talk and 
achievement throughout his years of distin-
guished public service.’’. 
(B) Upon awarding Bob Dole with the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1997, Presi-
dent Clinton made the following comments, 
‘‘Son of the soil, citizen, soldier and legislator, 
Bob Dole understands the American people, 
their struggles, their triumphs and their dreams 
. . . In times of conflict and crisis, he has 
worked to keep America united and strong . . . 
our country is better for his courage, his deter-
mination, and his willingness to go the long 
course to lead America.’’. 
(12) After his career in public office, Bob Dole 
became an active advocate for the public good. He 
served as National Chairman of the World War II 
Memorial Campaign, helping raise over $197 million 
to construct the National WWII Memorial, and as 
Co-Chair of the Families of Freedom Scholarship 
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Fund, raising over $120 million for the educational 
needs of the families of victims of 9/11. 
(13) From 1997–2001, Bob Dole served as 
chairman of the International Commission on Miss-
ing Persons in the Former Yugoslavia. 
(14) In 2003, Bob Dole established The Robert 
J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of 
Kansas to encourage bipartisanship in politics. 
(15) Bob Dole is a strong proponent of inter-
national justice and, in 2004, received the Golden 
Medal of Freedom from the President of Kosovo for 
his support of democracy and freedom in Kosovo. 
(16) In 2007, President George W. Bush ap-
pointed Bob Dole to co-chair the President’s Com-
mission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded 
Warriors, which inspected the system of medical 
care received by U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq 
and Afghanistan. 
(17) Bob Dole was the co-creator of the McGov-
ern-Dole International Food for Education and 
Child Nutrition Program, helping combat child hun-
ger and poverty. In 2008, he was co-awarded the 
World Food Prize for his work with this organiza-
tion. 
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(18) Bob Dole is co-founder of the Bipartisan 
Policy Center which works to develop policies suit-
able for bipartisan support. 
(19) Bob Dole is a strong advocate for vet-
erans, having volunteered on a weekly basis for more 
than a decade on behalf of the Honor Flight Net-
work. 
(20) Bob Dole serves as Finance Chairman of 
the Campaign for the National Eisenhower Memo-
rial, leading the private fundraising effort to memo-
rialize President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Wash-
ington, DC. 
(21) Bob Dole was acknowledged by many or-
ganizations for his achievements both inside and 
outside of politics, including being awarded the 
‘‘U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Outstanding 
Public Service By An Elected Official’’, the Gold 
Good Citizenship Award, the American Patriot 
Award, the Survivor’s Gratitude Award, the U.S. 
Association of Former Member of Congress Distin-
guished Service Award, a Distinguished Service 
Medal, the French Legion of Honor medal, the Ho-
ratio Alger Award, the U.S. Defense Department’s 
Distinguished Public Service Award, the National 
Collegiate Athletic Association’s Teddy Roosevelt 
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