About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 204. Not illustrated. Chapters: South Dakota State University Alumni, University of South Dakota Alumni, Tom Daschle, Ernest Lawrence, Tom Brokaw, John Thune, Tim Johnson, Greg Mortenson, Mike Rounds, Bill Janklow, Gene Amdahl, Dave Knudson, James Abourezk, William E. Depuy, Richard Barrett Lowe, Herbert J. Davenport, Arch Hall, Sr., Gabor Boritt, Kevin Brady, Irwin Gunsalus, Harvey Dunn, George S. Mickelson, Theodore Schultz, David Rumelhart, Dennis Daugaard, George E. Staples, Roberto Lange, Rodney L. Johnson, Eugene Luther Vidal, Harvey L. Wollman, Jeff Barker, Henry A. Lardy, Leslie Jensen, Robert H. Burris, Vernon L. Schramm, Greg Haydenluck, Royal C. Johnson, Everett Dunn, Frank E. Denholm, Dave Mulder, Carole Hillard, Joseph H. Bottum, Ellis Yarnal Berry, Jeffrey L. Viken, John H. Lawrence, Michael Derrington Murphy, Mark Mcloughlin, David L. Chicoine, Diane Kroupa, David Gilbertson, Richard Howard Battey, Judith Meierhenry, Al Arndt, Stephen Foster Briggs, Robert A. Miller. Excerpt: Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A South Dakota native, Daschle obtained his university degree there, and served in the United States Air Force. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1978 and served four terms. In 1986 he was elected to the Senate, becoming minority leader in 1994. Defeated for re-election in 2004, he took a position as a policy advisor with a lobbying firm, and also became a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He co-authored a book advocating universal health care. Daschle was an early supporter of Barack Obamas presidential candidacy, and was offered the position of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after the 2008 election. He w...
