Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent Paterno (born December 21, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York), nicknamed Joe Pa, has been the head coach of The Pennsylvania State University's college football team since 1966.

Political interests

Paterno is a poltical conservative and is a personal friend of George H.W. Bush, endorsing the first president Bush in a speech at the 1988 Republican Convention. Some people believed that it was not appropriate for a publically-funded university's most famous faculty member to campaign for a presidential candidate. In 2004, his Generation X son Scott Paterno won a hotly contested Republican congressional primary election, but lost in the general election to Baby Boomer conservative Democratic incumbent Tim Holden.

Related Topics:
George H.W. Bush - Generation X - Baby Boomer - Tim Holden

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