Since leaving public office, Dan Quayle has authored three books:  Standing Firm, A Vice-Presidential Memoir, which was on The New York Times best-seller list for 15 weeks; The American Family:  Discovering the Values that Make Us Strong; and Worth Fighting For.  He established and sold an insurance business in Indiana.  For two years he was a distinguished visiting professor of international studies at Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.  Currently, Dan Quayle is Chairman of Cerberus Global Investments, LLC (Cerberus), President of Quayle & Associates, and serves on the boards of directors of AIP Worldewide Services, Inc., K2Inc., and Aozara Bank, Ltd in Tokyo.  He makes frequent public appearances and speeches, and writes a nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column.

 

Dan Quayle’s public service began in July 1971 when he became an investigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office.  Later that year, he became an administrative assistant to Governor Edgar Whitcomb.  From 1973-74, he was the Director of the Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue.  Upon receiving his law degree, he worked as associate publisher of his family’s newspaper; The Huntington Herald-Press, and practiced law with his wife in Huntington.

 

Dan Quayle’s political career began when he was elected to the United States Congress in 1976 at age 29.  He was elected to the United States Senate at age 33.  On January 20, 1989, he took the oath of office as the 44th Vice President of the United States at age 41.

 

Dan Quayle is widely considered to have been one of the most active Vice Presidents in history.  In his constitutional role as Vice President, Dan Quayle served as President of the United States Senate.  On February 9, 1989, President Bush named Quayle head of the Council of Competitiveness, which worked to ensure U.S. international competitiveness in the 21st century.  He made official visits to 47 countries, was chairman of the National Space Council, and served as President Bush’s point man on Capitol Hill.  As a leader in causes from legal system reform to deregulation to the renewal of basic American values, Dan Quayle developed a large national following and become one of the most admired Americans of his time.

 

Quayle was born on February 4, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana.  After spending much of his youth in Arizona, he graduated from Huntington High School in Huntington, Indiana in 1965.  Dan Quayle graduated from DePauw University in 1969 and received his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis in 1974.  In November 1972, Dan Quayle married the former Marilyn Tucker of Indianapolis.  Dan and Marilyn Quayle have three grown children.  They live in Paradise Valley, Arizona.