Year Inducted
1984
Career Field
Politics
Highlights
- 1978-1997: Kansas United States Senator
- First woman to be elected to Senate without being appointed or first serving in the House
- First woman to chair a major Senate Committee
- Proposed effective legislation on issues such as crime control, education, worker retaining, abortion and free trade
- Head of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
- Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy
- 1997: KU CLAS Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award recipient