Alan Kooi Simpson (born September 2, 1931, in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.) is a Republican politician who served from 1979 to 1997 as a United States Senator from Wyoming. His more conservative father, Milward L. Simpson, was also a member of the U.S. Senate from Wyoming (1962–1967) and a former governor of Wyoming (1955–1959) as well. Alan Simpson graduated from Cody High School in Cody, Wyoming in 1949 and attended Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1950. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1954 with a Bachelor of Science degree in law and in 1958 with a Juris Doctor degree. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1955–1956 with the 10th Infantry Regiment, Fifth Infantry Division and with the 12th Armoured Infantry Battalion,Second Armoured Division. Wyoming Senator Alan K. Simpson. ... 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U.S. Senate

Simpson was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 1978, but was appointed to the post on January 1, 1979 following the resignation of Clifford P. Hansen. From 1985 to 1995, Simpson was the Republican whip in the Senate, having served with then Republican Leader Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas. He was chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 1997 when Republicans regained control of the Senate. He also chaired the Immigration and Refugee Subcommittee of Judiciary; the Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee; the Social Security Subcommittee and the Committee on Aging. In 1995, he lost the whip's job to Trent Lott of Mississippi, and he did not seek reelection to the Senate in 1996. From 1997 to 2000, Simpson taught at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and served for two years as the Director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School. The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Clifford Peter Hansen (born October 16, 1912) is a retired Republican American politician from the state of Wyoming. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... § Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1969-1996, serving part of that time as United States Senate Majority Leader. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... The United States Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs is responsible for dealing with matters related to veterans. ... Chester Trent Lott, Sr. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy[1] at Harvard University explores the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice, striving to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a public policy school and one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Kenneth Reeves (D) Area  - City  7. ... The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a school within Harvard University that offers graduate degrees in public policy and public administration, as well as conducting research in various subjects relating to politics and government. ...

He returned to his home of Cody and practices law there with his two lawyer sons (William and Colin) in the firm of Simpson, Kepler and Edwards. The three are also partners in the firm of Burg Simpson Eldrege Hersh and Jardine of Englewood, Colorado. Colin Simpson, the third generation of his family in Wyoming politics, is a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives and a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate seat vacated on June 4, 2007, by the death of Senator Craig Thomas, a boyhood friend of Alan Simpson's. Englewood is a city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Craig Thomas may be: Craig Thomas (author), (born 1942) Craig Thomas (politician), (born 1933) US Senator from Wyoming. ...

After Congressional Service

Alan Simpson teaches periodically at his alma mater, the University of Wyoming at Laramie. He has completed serving as chair of the UW capital "Campaign for Distinction", which raised $204 million. That success was celebrated by the gala event, "An Extraordinary Evening", featuring former President George H.W. Bush (who had reportedly considered Simpson for the vice presidency in 1988) and Vice President Dick Cheney and wife Lynne V. Cheney (who are both honored UW alumni). The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyomings high plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2194 m), between the Laramie and Medicine Bow mountain ranges. ... Downtown Laramie Laramie is the county seat of Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Seal of the office of the Vice-President of the United States The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is the 46th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ... Lynne Ann Vincent Cheney (born August 14, 1941) , is a novelist, conservative scholar, and former talk-show host who is the wife of Vice President Richard B. Cheney. ...

Simpson serves on the Commission for Continuity in Government. He also serves as co-chair of Americans for Campaign Reform with former Senate colleagues Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Warren Rudman of New Hampshire and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, is active with the National Commission on Writing, is on the Advisory Board of The Common Good, is a former member of the American Battle Monuments Commission, and is a member of the Iraq Study Group. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area  Ranked 46th  - Total 9,359 sq mi (24,239 km²)  - Width 68 miles (110 km)  - Length 190 miles (305 km)  - % water 3. ... Joseph Robert Bob Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) was the Democratic Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987, and a U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1989–2001). ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Largest metro area Omaha Area  Ranked 16th  - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 0. ... The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) is a small independent agency of the Executive Branch of the United States federal government. ... Cover of the report The Iraq Study Group (ISG), also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission,[1] was a ten-person bipartisan panel appointed on March 15, 2006, by the United States Congress, that was charged with assessing the situation in Iraq and the US-led Iraq War and making...

Simpson's father, Milward Simpson, also served in the Senate and was among six Republican members who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on constitutional grounds. Alan Simpson, however, has been an outspoken advocate for access to abortion, gay and lesbian rights, and equality for all persons regardless of race, color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation. In an article in the Washington Post the former senator wrote an article criticizing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy stating " 'Gay' is an artificial category that says little about a person. Our differences and prejudices pale next to our historic challenge." President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also...

In 2002, Simpson got involved in the Republican gubernatorial primary on behalf of former Democrat Eli Bebout of Riverton, the seat of Fremont County. Simpson issued scurrilous attacks on Bebout's principal conservative challenger, Raymond Breedlove Hunkins of Wheatland, the seat of Platte County in southeatern Wyoming. Bebout defeated Hunkins but then lost the general election to the Democratic nominee David Duane "Dave" Freudenthal, a former United States Attorney appointed by President Bill Clinton. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... Eli Daniel Bebout (born October 14, 1946), though a veteran Wyoming politician, is the newest member of the Wyoming State Senate -- he represents District 26 from Riverton, the seat of Fremont County in central portion of his state. ... Riverton is a city located in Fremont County, Wyoming. ... Fremont County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ... Conservative may refer to: Conservatism, political philosophy A member of a Conservative Party Conservative extension, premise of deductive logic Conservativity theorem, mathematical proof of conservative extension Conservative Judaism britney spears Category: ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Wheatland is a town located in Platte County, Wyoming. ... Platte County is a county located in the state of Wyoming. ... A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. ... David D. Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950) is the governor of the U.S. state of Wyoming. ... United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

Trivia

As a young man, Simpson was a Boy Scout, and visited Japanese American Boy Scouts who, along with their families, had been interned in Wyoming during World War II. There, he developed a friendship with Norman Mineta, who later became a U.S. Congressman and cabinet member. They both served together on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and remain close friends.^[1] Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising Boy Scouts originally denoted the organization that developed and rapidly grew up during 1908 in the wake of the publication by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of his book Scouting for Boys. ... Serving from 1999 to 2003, Army General Eric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²)  - Width 280 miles (450 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 0. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Norman Yoshio Mineta (born November 12, 1931) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...

He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at UW. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

One of Simpson's babysitters as a young boy was the future lieutenant governor and education superintendent of Louisiana, William J. "Bill" Dodd, who played baseball for a time as a young man in Cody with teammate Milward Simpson. Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... William Joseph Bill Dodd held a half dozen important positions in Louisiana government in the mid-twentieth century, including the office of lieutenant governor, but he never achieved his ultimate goal, the states powerful Napoleonic-style governorship. ...

His famous coin trick involved flipping a quarter, kicking it with the back of his heel, then spinning around and catching it in his shirt pocket.

In 2006, Mr. Simpson was one of twelve contributors to the Iraq Study Group Report.

Quotes

• Any education that matters is "liberal." All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.

• An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.

• The word "liberal" distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.

• There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

• If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

• In your country club, your church and business, about 15 percent of the people are screwballs, lightweights and boobs-- and you would not want those people unrepresented in Congress!

• Here we can brag and bluster and blather- and almost like a comic book character -you could invent, Captain Bombast, and pull the cape around the shoulders and shout the magic words, "Get him"- and rise above it all in a blast of hot air!

• I've been a Republican all my life. They'll never throw me out. But they have an amazing ability to "eat their young". They will give each other the saliva test of purity every once in a while, and then they lose. And then they just sit around and bitch for four years. It's a fairly fascinating party.

• Welcome to the pit and the great hunters who have been out to tack the pelt of Bill Rehnquist on the wall of the den.

• Quote to Dan Rather when asked whether he was running for President after repeatedly denying it publicly: "Dan, what is it about the word 'No' that you don't understand?"

External Links

• Al Simpson Finding Aid at the University of Wyoming

Bibliography

• Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press (ISBN 0-688-11358-3, 1997, William Morrow & Company)