LBJ Connection: Staff aide to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, 1953-1954; Legislative assistant to Senator William Proxmire, Wisconsin, 1958-1959; Director, Wisconsin Center for Education in Politics, 1955-1965; Congressional liaison, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1960s; Speech writer for LBJ's Vice-Presidential campaign 1960; Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-1969