George McGovern Presidential Nominee And UNs Global Ambassador

George McGovern is a former Representative Senator and Democratic Presidential nominee. He lost to Richard Nixon in the Presidential election in 1972. He is the veteran who saw live action in World War II. He was against the Vietnam War. At present he is United Nations global ambassador on hunger.

George McGovern was born on July 19, 1922 in Avon in South Dakota. He spent his childhood in Mitchell. His father was a minister. McGovern was a graduate of Dakota Wesleyan University. His physical game teacher called him a Physical Coward. He had fear of heights. To overcome his fear and to prove his capability he took a flying lesson and got pilots license.

During World War II George McGovern gave voluntary service in United States Army air force. He served as a bomber player in Fifteenth Air Force. He was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his crew from an accident.

Stephen E. Ambross wrote the Wild Blue about George McGoverns wartime service. After coming back from the war he earned a divinity degree from Garrett Theological Seminary, a PH.D in history from Northwestern University and became a professor at his alma mater, Dakota Wesleyan University.

Though his parents were republican, George McGovern chose to join Progressive Party. He voluntarily campaigned for former Vice President Henry A. Wallace. Four years later after hearing a radio speech of Governor Adlai Stevenson he decided to join Democratic Party and campaigned for Stevenson as a Presidential candidate. He became the Executive Director of the South Dakota Democratic Party by 1953 and won a seat in the House of Representatives.

As a senator George McGovern was successful. He was the first director of President John F. Kennedys Food for Peace program. In his later life McGovern became a strong critic of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. He blamed the contribution of his colleagues for that human wreckage all across our land – young men without legs or arms or genital or faces – or hopes. George McGovern showed his talent in party reformation too.

George McGovern replaced Historian Stephen Ambrose as a professor at the University of New Orleans. In 1984 he hosted Saturday Night Live episode. He played a dull caricature of himself in Newhart episode in 1990. He was honored J.D. degree from the University of Houston law school.

George McGovern served as United Nations U.S. ambassador from 1998 – 2001 in Food and Agriculture Agencies. World Food Programme appointed him UN Global Ambassador on World Hunger in 2001.

George McGovern is a member of the Middle East Policy Council. In support of the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, he appeared at the Houston Astrodome on September 4, 2005. Rice University of Houston honoured him by Ph.D. on 6th January 2008 one McGoverns article named Why I Believe Bush Must Go: Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse. The article shows his contempt against Bush. George McGovern