Dole's effects on display


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A new exhibit is in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics on West Campus this fall. “Leader of the Pack: Life as a Senate Leader” chronicles a day in the life of Sen. Bob Dole, who, from 1985 to 1996, served as Senate Republican Party Leader.

The exhibit contains items taken from Dole’s desk when he retired from the Senate in 1996. Items include his schedule book and other items never before seen by the public.

Two graduate students who interned at the institute this summer, Martina Smith and Emily Lowrance-Floyd, designed the exhibit, which was made to resemble Dole’s desk.

Judy Sweets, the photo archivist for the Dole Institute who oversaw the project, said the objects in the exhibit gave a snapshot of Dole’s busy life at that time that people don’t normally get to see.

“It’s just things you’d find on an ordinary desk, probably,” she said. “But these are pretty special.”

The exhibit opened on Aug. 1 and, for now, is scheduled to stay up until Sept. 1 in Hansen Hall of the Dole Institute.

“We’ve had a good response to the exhibit, so we may let it stay up a bit longer,” Sweets said.

—Frank Tankard

 

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