Phil Gramm and Texas A&M

[Rich Douglas]

Senator Phil Gramm is retiring from the U.S. Senate at the end of his term in 2002. He has expressed interest in the vacant position of President of Texas A&M University, where he taught economics for 12 years.

Like many politicians, Gramm doesn't make much hay about his doctorate--I doubt that would play all that well in Texas. When I lived in San Antonio, then-Mayor Henry Cisneros taught at night at St. Mary's with his Ph.D. from George Washington University. (The mayor's job at America's 10th largest city was technically part-time, paying about $20K annually.) It was acknowledged, but not trumpeted in his campaigns.

Senator Gramm holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, earned in 1967. A search at www.contentville.com shows his dissertation was/is 85 pages long (inclusive), and titled "Constant Taste and the Theory of Demand."

Other politicians holding doctorates: Woodrow Wilson and Newt Gingrich. Wilson's dissertation is unavailable. Gingich's was 307 pages and titled "BELGIAN EDUCATION POLICY IN THE CONGO, 1945-1960."

Others?

Rich Douglas

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[mamorse]

Originally posted by Rich Douglas:
Senator Phil Gramm is retiring from the U.S. Senate at the end of his term in 2002. He has expressed interest in the vacant position of President of Texas A&M University, where he taught economics for 12 years.

Like many politicians, Gramm doesn't make much hay about his doctorate--I doubt that would play all that well in Texas. When I lived in San Antonio, then-Mayor Henry Cisneros taught at night at St. Mary's with his Ph.D. from George Washington University. (The mayor's job at America's 10th largest city was technically part-time, paying about $20K annually.) It was acknowledged, but not trumpeted in his campaigns.

Senator Gramm holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, earned in 1967. A search at www.contentville.com shows his dissertation was/is 85 pages long (inclusive), and titled "Constant Taste and the Theory of Demand."

Other politicians holding doctorates: Woodrow Wilson and Newt Gingrich. Wilson's dissertation is unavailable. Gingich's was 307 pages and titled "BELGIAN EDUCATION POLICY IN THE CONGO, 1945-1960."

Others?

Rich Douglas

Here are two that are still serving:

• Dick Armey, U.S. House (R, TX);
  Dissertation: “Economic Externalities and the Theories of Balanced and Unbalanced Growth”, University of Oklahoma, 1969.
  
• Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator (D, MN); Dissertation: “Black Militants in the Ghetto: Why They Believe in Violence”, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1969.

Mark

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[bgossett]

Robert Filner, U.S. House (D, CA)
Dissertation (491 pages): Science and Politics in England, 1930-1945: The Social Relations of Science Movement.
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1973

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[John Bear]

George McGovern, Ph.D., Northwestern U, 1953
The Colorado Coal Strike 1913-1914, 163 pages

[bgossett]

S.I. Hayakawa
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1935.

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[ahchem]

Originally posted by Rich Douglas:


Others?

Our National Security Advisor:
Condoleezza Rice, Ph.D.
THE POLITICS OF CLIENT COMMAND: PARTY-MILITARY RELATIONS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 1948-1975

Our Vice-President's wife:
Lynne Cheney, Ph.D.
MATTHEW ARNOLD'S POSSIBLE PERFECTION: A STUDY OF THE KANTIAN STRAIN IN ARNOLD'S POETRY

JMW

[mamorse]

I forgot Daniel Patrick Moynihan (U.S. Senate and UN Ambassador), Ph.D., Tufts University, 1961...


Mark

[peejcj8]

How would one view a copy of Newt Gingrich's dissertation?

[Ian Anderson]

Originally Posted by peejcj8

How would one view a copy of Newt Gingrich's dissertation?

Buy it from UMI http://disexpress.umi.com

BELGIAN EDUCATION POLICY IN THE CONGO, 1945-1960
by GINGRICH, NEWTON LEROY Ph.D., Tulane University, 1971, 307 pages; AAT 7203881

[peejcj8]

Thanks for the link.

Proquest is kind of proud of their work with grad schools, 37 bucks! Maybe Ill write the former Speaker

[Tireman 44444]

Originally Posted by Ian Anderson

Buy it from UMI http://disexpress.umi.com

BELGIAN EDUCATION POLICY IN THE CONGO, 1945-1960
by GINGRICH, NEWTON LEROY Ph.D., Tulane University, 1971, 307 pages; AAT 7203881

One of my professors ( now emeritus) at North Carolina Wesleyan College graduated the year after Gingrich at Tulane in the PhD program. He did not say much about him.

[edowave]

General Petraeus holds a PhD from Princeton:

The American military and the lessons of Vietnam : a study of military influence and the use of force in the post-Vietnam era (Thesis/dissertation, 1987) [WorldCat.org]