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Dan (1984-1988)

1. What does this past Kansas debater look like now?



2. What does this ex-debater now do for a living?

Dan is the Director of Debate at the Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory High School. He is also a counselor for the Junior class.

In the summer, he often works at Northwestern's National High School Institute.

3. Has this former debater been "in the news"?

Well, his school's "in the news" page notes that Dan was "inducted into the Barkley Forum Key Coaches Society at Emory University."

In his school's paper, Dan is credited with coming up with the school's new nickname: "The Fighting Pretzels."

4. What else do we know?

Dan participated in a panel for students on judging debates at the 2005 National Debate Coaches Association Convention. Dan is a former President of the group.

KK

Keith (1973-1974)

1. What does this past Kansas debater look like now?

2. What does this ex-debater now do for a living?

Keith is Edward B. Rust Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Moreover, he is a Graduate School of Business Trust Faculty Fellow for 2005-2006. Keith has been at Stanford since 1986 -- though he apparently thought about going to Penn in the 1990s.

3. Has this former debater been "in the news"?

As someone who has published numerous articles using rational choice theory to explain domestic politics, Keith seems to operate behind the scenes of policy. However, he has been a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a Guest Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a Congressional Fellow in the Senate Republican Leader's Office (Bob Dole).

In 2000, the Sloan class at Stanford gave the Teaching Excellence Award to KK.

4. What else do we know?

Keith has been a member Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1994.

His 1998 book, Pivotal Politics was published by University of Chicago Press. In 1999, the book won the Richard F. Fenno prize, presented by the American Political Science Association for "the best book on legislative politics." It also won the Neustadt prize for best book on the presidency.

His 1991 book, Information and Legislative Organization was published by University of Michigan Press. It too received APSA's Fenno Prize.