Dick Cheney

Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U.S. Republican Party. He is currently the 46th Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush.

Education

Following high school, Cheney earned an academic scholarship and attended Yale University in 1959. He decided after three semesters to take some time off from Yale, on account of difficulty with his studies. He saved up enough money and returned to Yale only to leave again the following semester partly due to poor grades. http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=12444http://www.facts.com/worldalmanac/election2000/wa-election-003.htm

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Yale University - 1959

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In 1962, when he was 21, he pleaded guilty to two DWIs in Wyoming. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cheneydwi1.html http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cheneydwi2.html He was reputedly dissatisfied with his work at the time, and in a May 7, 1991 New Yorker interview said that he found himself "working, building power lines, having been in a couple of scrapes with the law." He said that the arrests made him "think about where I was and where I was headed. I was headed down a bad road, if I continued on that course."

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1962 - DWIs - May 7 - 1991 - New Yorker

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Refocusing on academics, Cheney first matriculated to Casper Community College in 1963 and thereafter to the University of Wyoming where he began earning straight A's. He received his bachelor's degree in 1965 and master's degree in political science in 1966 both from the University of Wyoming.

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1963 - University of Wyoming - 1965 - Political science - 1966

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He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a doctoral candidate in political science and completed all required coursework as an ABD, but left and entered politics before completing his thesis. Cheney was selected for a one-year fellowship in the office of Representative William Steiger, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison - ABD - Fellowship - William Steiger

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