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In addition to lecturing
at Marshall, McGovern spoke at a series of events in Huntington,
Charleston and Ashland, Ky. |
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The son of a Methodist
minister, McGovern was born and reared in South Dakota. He
received his B. A. degree from Dakota Wesleyan University and
his M.A. and Ph. D. degrees from Northwestern University,
majoring in history. |
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He served as a B-24
bomber pilot in World War II, winning the Distinguished Flying
Cross |
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Elected to the U. S.
House of Representatives in 1956 and 1958, McGovern was
appointed director of the Food for Peace program by President
John F. Kennedy. |
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He was elected to the U.
S. Senate in 1962 and re-elected in 1968 and 1974 During his
18-year Senate career, he became a leader in the movement to end
the war in Vietnam and led the effort to forge a national
nutrition policy for the United States. |
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McGovern won the
Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and was defeated in
the general election by Richard M. Nixon. He was appointed a
delegate to the United Nations by both President Gerald Ford and
President Jimmy Carter. |
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McGovern and his wife
Eleanor have four daughters and one son. They now reside in
Washington, D.C. |
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Since leaving the U. S.
Senate in 1981, McGovern has served as a guest speaker at
Northwestern University, the University of New Orleans, Duke
University, American University, The University of Pennsylvania,
and The University of Munich. |
