BILL BRADLEY HAS A BIRTHDAY AND A NEW BOOK

WILLIAM WARREN ("BILL") BRADLEY

b. July 28, 1943

BILL BRADLEY AS

U.S. SENATOR (D-N.J.)

Published in the January 31, 1983, issue of

BUSINESS WEEK (p. 96)

As we are celebrating the Olympics, a tip of the hat to an American 1964 Olympics Basketball Gold Medalist, Princeton's Bill Bradley, celebrating his sixty-ninth today. Bradley went on to a professional basketball career and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983: "As a ten-year pro with the New York Knicks, 'Dollar Bill' was an integral part of a team of many all-stars and developed into one of the league's top forwards, helping to lead the team to the 1970 and 1973 NBA championships."

Bradley went on to serve three terms in the U.S. Senate (1979-1997), and ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 2000. The sitting vice-president, Al Gore, beat him in that contest.

We Can All Do Better is the title of Bradley's new book. Linda Campbell has a review, here, in which she asks, "Can you see why I'm still fixated on Bill Bradley, the nominee who might have been?" Campbell notes that "Despite his broad experience and deep intellect, he couldn't persuade the Democratic in 2000 that he was the better man to put up against George W. Bush for president," but he keeps on plugging, discussing "things that matter."

More on Bill Bradley here and here.