Ron Paul

Ron Paul was born on August 20, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* He graduated from Gettysburg College and Duke University School of Medicine.
* He served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force from 1963 to 1968.
* He worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist from 1960s to the 1980s.
* He served as a U.S. Representative from Texas from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013.
* He sought the presidency of the United States in 1988, 2008, and 2012.
* He is a Senior Fellow and Distinguished Counselor of the Mises Institute.
* He has published a number of books and promoted the ideas of economists of the Austrian School such as Murray Rothbard, Friedrich Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises during his political campaigns.
* He is known for his libertarian views on economics, foreign policy, and social issues.