Shining Star of Perseverance - Assurant Employee Benefits
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Honorees |
2004 Shining Star of Perseverance
Robert J. Dole, the retired U.S. senator from Kansas whose achievements following devastating battlefield injuries sustained during World War II inspired a generation of Americans. He was a 10th Mountain Division platoon leader in the Allied liberation of Northern Italy. Twice wounded and twice decorated for “heroic achievement,” Dole was discharged with the rank of Captain in July 1948, having convalesced for three years from grave wounds sustained in combat that cost him the use of his right arm. He went on to earn a law degree and represent Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1960 through 1968, and in the Senate from 1968 through 1996, serving as Senate Republican Leader from 1984 until his retirement. He was the Republican candidate for Vice President in 1976 and for President in 1996.
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