Hubert H. Humphrey American Democrat politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States and represented Minnesota in the United States Senate.
Born May 27, 1911 in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey served as assistant director of the War Manpower Commission, as a college professor, and radio commentator before becoming mayor of Minneapolis in 1945. In 1948, he won election to the U.S. Senate, where he became known as “the Happy Warrior.” In 1964, he was elected vice president in Lyndon Johnson’s presidential win. Humphrey ran as the democratic nominee in an unsuccessful bid for President of the United States in 1968, losing to republican Richard Nixon. Humphrey would later be reelected to the U.S. Senate and serve from 1971 to 1978.
June 7, 2001 - Hubert Humphrey's former press secretary Norman Sherman told the audience at today's Mondale lecture that Humphrey's personality played a key role in his success as a Senator. Sherman remembered how Humphrey instructed his staff to be nice to their political opponents - key Southern senators angry at Humphrey for his support of civil rights.
June 8, 2001 - Walter Mondale's tribute to his mentor Hubert Humphrey from the ongoing 50 Years: Mondale Lectures on Public Service, held at the University of Minnesota. Program also includes speeches from Harry Davis, civil rights leader and former Minneapolis School Board member; and Norman Sherman, Hubert Humphrey’s former press secretary.
November 29, 2001 - The United Nations is appointing former U.S. Senator George McGovern as the U.N.'s first global ambassador for hunger. McGovern will organize relief efforts in Third World countries and help people there improve food production techniques. He just finished serving as ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agricultural program in Rome. McGovern grew up during the Great Depression. He says he never personally knew real hunger, but his family provided food to young men in need:
April 11, 2002 - A variety of Minnesotans concerned about how difficult it will be to get around the region in the future put their heads together at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute today. The transportation summit involved people from government, business, citizen groups, and academia who discussed ways to ease traffic congestion in the Twin Cities and how to overcome obstacles to improving transportation. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
April 11, 2002 - Projections show the state's population could increase by one million people in the next 30 years, pushing us closer to gridlock UNLESS policy makers can agree on a long-term transportation strategy. Some of those policy makers shared their ideas for fixing transporation in a summit at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.
May 5, 2003 - 25 years after the death of Hubert Humphrey... former staffers and aids are coming together in Minneapolis to honor his legacy. Humphrey was mayor of Minneapolis in the 1940's. He united the Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties... became a U.S. senator who championed civil rights.... and was elected Vice President in 1964. Later today... about a hundred former staffers and aids will gather at the Humphrey Institute at the U of M to discuss his impact on Minnesota and the country. Joining us on the line is Norm Sherman... who was Humphrey's press secretary during his Senate and Vice Presidential career.
June 16, 2003 - Despite fresh violence in the Middle East, the Bush Administration has called on both Israelis and Palestinians to remain dedicated to the so-called roadmap to peace. Brian Atwood is the Dean of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He served as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1993 to 1999. Atwood was the first American official to meet with Yasir Arafat after the PLO leader returned to Gaza and the West Bank in 1994. Atwood supports President Bush's peace initiative, but warns it won't be effective unless it's backed by the necessary support.
July 24, 2003 - A new economic study paints a picture of a thriving Twin Cities art scene. University of Minnesota researchers say artists - and in particular dancers and writers - comprise more of the workforce here than in other similar-sized metropolitan areas. And the concentration of artists is growing fast. It's on pace with Seattle and Albuquerque and growing faster than Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas. Ann Markeson is director of the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at the Humphrey Institute. She says that artists are highly enreprenurial and represent a hidden arts dividend for the economy.
September 9, 2003 - That is Brian Atwood who is the Dean of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
December 5, 2003 - 33 women have served in the United States Senate in it's more than 200 year history. 14 of them are in office right now. A new exhibit at the Hubert H Humphrey Institute documents the lives of those women as they negotiate a terrain traditionally ruled by men. It's called "The Changing Face of Power." Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs reports: