U.S. VICE PRESIDENT
∗ Born James Danforth Quayle on February 4, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana; grandson of Eugene C. Pulliam, influential publisher of the Arizona Republic, the Indianapolis Star and other newspapers
∗ Lived in Scottsdale from 1955 to 1963, attending grade school and high school; graduated from high school in Huntington, Indiana
∗ Graduated from DePauw University in 1969 with a political science degree; lettered in golf for three years
∗ Earned law degree in 1974 from Indiana University, where he met fellow law student Marilyn Tucker; they married in 1972
∗ Began governmental career in 1971 as an investigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office, followed by administrative assistant to Gov. Edgar Whitcomb, and director of Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue
∗ Worked as associate publisher of his family’s newspaper, the Huntington (Indiana) Herald-Press and practiced law with his wife at the firm Quayle & Quayle
∗ Elected at age 29 to the U.S. Congress in 1976 from Indiana’s 4th district; re-elected in 1978
∗ Elected in 1980 to the U.S. Senate at age 33, the youngest senator in Indiana history; re-elected in 1986
∗ Nominated in 1988 for U.S. vice president on the Republican ticket headed by George H.W. Bush
∗ Debated Democratic VP candidate Lloyd Bentsen; when Quayle compared his length of congressional service to President John F. Kennedy, Bentsen famously replied, “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy”
∗ Elected U.S. vice president in 1988 at age 41; also served as chairman of the National Space Council, head of the Council of Competitiveness, and was a leader in causes from legal system reform to deregulation during his vice presidency
∗ Ridiculed for numerous verbal gaffes – including spelling “potato” as “potatoe” in correcting a 12-year-old student during an elementary school visit; said he knew the correct spelling but was relying on cards provided by the school that included the misspelling
∗ Created controversy with a 1992 speech that blamed urban violence on a “poverty of values,” as demonstrated by TV’s Murphy Brown, “a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid, professional woman – mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another ‘lifestyle choice’ ”
∗ Re-nominated as vice president in 1992 but the Bush-Quayle ticket lost to Bill Clinton and Al Gore
∗ Authored Standing Firm: A Vice Presidential Memoir, a 1994 best-seller; also penned The American Family: Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong (1996); and Worth Fighting For (1999)
∗ Served from 1993 to 1999 on the board of directors for Central Newspapers, publisher of the Arizona Republic and other papers
∗ Moved to Paradise Valley in 1996
∗ Sought Republican nomination for president in 2000, but withdrew early and supported George W. Bush
∗ Is father of Ben Quayle, who was elected to Congress in 2010 from Arizona’s 3rd district and served one term
∗ Served two years as a visiting professor of international studies at Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale.
∗ Serves as chairman of global investment for Cerberus Capital Management, a private-equity firm; is president of Quayle & Associates, a business consulting service
∗ Continues to reside in Paradise Valley with wife Marilyn
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