He also tried to mitigate hunger around the world and in schools, and warned about the national security consequences of fossil fuel dependence. In , he started the Lugar Series, a training ground for Republican women leaders that has inspired similar programs in other states.
Suzanne Crouch. An ardent runner and physical fitness advocate, he initiated a series of health festivals in Indiana. In , he founded a scholarship program for minority students. Always courteous if somewhat stiff, he was considered one of a vanishing breed of statesmen who thought less about short-term political gain and more in putting in the hard work on hearings, investigations and diplomacy — including a willingness to work with those on the other side to get things done.
Mitch Daniels, a former top aide to Lugar. Kevin Kellems, another former aide, called Lugar a one-of-a-kind hybrid of old school historian-politician, plus serious policy workhorse, plus international chess player. The Almanac of American Politics said Lugar's strength had been to follow "where his stubborn convictions and his considerable intellect led, regardless of political risk or reward.
More: IU names international school after Hamilton, Lugar. More: Indiana students learn about leadership and key issues from Richard Lugar. While Lugar enjoyed plenty of successes throughout his career — including many awards and Nobel Peace Prize nominations — his disappointments included an unsuccessful bid for the GOP nomination for president and being passed over as a running mate for George H.
Bush in favor of Indiana colleague Dan Quayle in When he sought a seventh term in , Lugar was beaten in the primary by Tea Party candidate Richard Mourdock, who went on to lose to Democrat Joe Donnelly in the general election. At the time of his defeat, Lugar was the Senate's most senior Republican.
Donnelly, on Sunday, said he is "personally crushed" by the loss of Lugar, "a hero and a mentor to me. Lugar always took the long view, saying once that there are times when you lead but are not always followed: "A gentle, thoughtful, persuasive, persistent but wise course of action is a winner.
A native of Indianapolis, he received numerous awards and distinctions, including at least 18 honorary college and university degrees. He graduated in from Denison University, where he served as co-president of the student body with his future wife, Charlene Smeltzer. He also won a Rhodes Scholarship, the first Denison student to have done so. Even though he was the only American at Pembroke, he was elected president of its student body. For three years, he was on active duty in the Navy, serving as personal intelligence briefer for Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke.
Green and Co. As school board vice president, he was active in the desegregation of city schools. In , he was elected the first Republican mayor of Indianapolis in 20 years, upsetting incumbent John J.
Barton by 9, votes. Four years later, he was re-elected with 60 percent of the vote. In just his second year as mayor, in , Lugar and other advocates successfully pressed the Indiana General Assembly to extend Indianapolis city limits to the Marion County line. The impact was seismic: Called Uni-Gov, the initiative enlarged the city into the suburbs, streamlined many government services and boosted the power of the Indianapolis mayor, while creating a member City-County Council.
Uni-Gov has been credited with revitalizing the city, setting the stage for major gains in infrastructure and the development of Indianapolis' sports institutions and arenas. Lugar later recalled of Uni-Gov: "That was an experiment that said that a city can remain whole, that it can have a vital center as well as vital neighborhoods and suburbs, as opposed to being a hollowed-out shell as so many cities were and have become. Lugar was elected president of the National League of Cities and vice president of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
Lugar first ran for the U. Despite a Democratic trend that year, Lugar ran , votes ahead of the rest of the Indiana Republican ticket. In , Lugar chose to not run for a third term as mayor and taught politics, ethics and local government as a visiting professor at Indiana Central University, which since became the University of Indianapolis.
Six years later, he was re-elected by , votes — the biggest victory margin of any Republican in the Midwest that year. While he would become part of an increasingly small ideological middle in the Senate, he was viewed for years as a reliable conservative. In his first two years, Lugar co-led a successful effort to filibuster changes to labor laws sought by unions.
Although he was the leading sponsor of a bill to provide loan guarantees to Chrysler, a major Indiana employer, he did so only after gaining wage concessions from workers. Throughout his 36 years, Lugar sat on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, where he looked out for Indiana farm interests, particularly in his championing of biofuels.
Chuck Grassley said Sunday. Tribute to Senator Richard Lugar. Lugar was the first President of The Lugar Center, a non-profit organization focusing on global food security, WMD nonproliferation, aid effectiveness, and bipartisan governance. He also served as a distinguished faculty member in the Department of History and Political Science and led the Richard G.
A fifth generation Hoosier who left the United States Senate as the longest serving member of Congress in Indiana history, Senator Lugar was recognized as a gifted local and state leader, as well as a respected national and international statesman. During his tenure in the United States Senate, he exercised leadership on critical issues such as food security, nuclear non-proliferation, energy independence, and free trade.
He earned 46 honorary degrees from colleges and universities in 15 states and the District of Columbia, and he was the fourth person ever named Outstanding Legislator by the American Political Science Association. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding. Her Majesty The Queen of England bestowed upon Senator Lugar the rank of honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in honor of his work to make the world more secure from weapons of mass destruction and his commitment to the U.
Lugar volunteered for the U. Navy in , ultimately serving as an intelligence briefer for Admiral Arleigh Burke, chief of Naval Operations. Lugar managed his family's acre Marion County corn, soybean and tree farm until early Before entering public life, he helped manage the family's food machinery manufacturing business in Indianapolis with his brother Tom. As the two-term mayor of Indianapolis , he envisioned the unification of the city and surrounding Marion County into one government.
Unigov, as Lugar's plan was called, set the city on a path of uninterrupted economic growth.
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