Patrick Jeffrey "Pat" Choate was the 1996 Reform Party of the United States of America Vice President candidate. He has a B.A. from University of Texas at Arlington and a Ph.D. from University of Oklahoma, both in Economics. He currently teaches a course called Advanced Issues Management at George Washington University's Graduate School of Public Management (http://www2.gwu.edu/~gspm/). He is known for his strong stance against free trade agreements.

Choate was selected by the party's presidential nominee Ross Perot.

He is married to Kay Choate, and has two grown step-sons.

He hosts a weekly radio show called The Week Ahead

He has authored six books, including:

• Agents of Influence
• The High Flex Society
• America in Ruins
• Thinking Strategically
• Being Number One: Rebuilding the U.S. Economy
• Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why NAFTA Must Be Stopped Now

External Links

• CNN's All Politics Profile of Dr. Choate (http://cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/reform/choate/)
• Speaking information and biography of Dr. Choate (http://speakers.com/spkr1146.html)