PATRICK J. "PAT" BUCHANAN
(Reform - Virginia)
BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:
Founder & Chair, The American Cause, 1993-99. White House Director of Communications,
1985-87. Nominated by President Ford to be US Ambassador to South Africa, 1974
(nomination withdrawn). Speechwriter & Senior Advisor to President Richard Nixon,
1969-74. Executive Assistant to former Vice President Richard Nixon, 1966-69.
Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President, 1992 and
1996. Quit the Republican Party and joined the Reform Party, October 1999.
EDUCATION: B.A. (English
& Philosophy), Georgetown University, 1961. M.S. (Journalism), Columbia School
of Journalism, 1962.
PERSONAL: Born November
2, 1938 in Washington, DC. Married to Shelley Ann Scarney Buchanan. No children.
Roman Catholic. Buchanan's sister is conservative commentator and former US
Treasurer Angela "Bay" Buchanan.
PROFESSIONAL: Co-Host
of CNN's Crossfire talk show, 1987-91, 1992-95, 1996-99. Syndicated Newspaper
Columnist, 1975-85, 1987-99. Editorial Writer, St. Louis Globe-Dispatch, 1962-66.