Editing Bob Dole (section)

==Early life and education==
Dole was born on July 22, 1923, in Russell, Kansas, the son of Bina M. (née Talbott; 1904–1983) and Doran Ray Dole (1901–1975).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/political/dole.html|title=Ancestry of Robert Dole (b. 1923)|publisher=Wargs.com|access-date=June 17, 2010}}</ref> His father, who had moved the family to Russell shortly before Robert was born, earned money by running a small [[creamery]]. One of Dole's father's customers was the father of his future Senate colleague [[Arlen Specter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.upenn.edu/blogs/news/archives/2011/03/qa_with_senator_arlen_specter.html|title=Q&A with Senator Arlen Specter (Penn Law News & Stories)|publisher=Law.upenn.edu|date=March 3, 2011|access-date=April 8, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317045337/http://www.law.upenn.edu/blogs/news/archives/2011/03/qa_with_senator_arlen_specter.html|archive-date=March 17, 2011}}</ref> The Doles lived in a house at 1035 North Maple in Russell and it remained his official residence throughout his political career.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984325-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107040958/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984325-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|magazine=Time|title=Campaign '96: Russell, Kansas: You Can Go Home Again|date=April 1, 1996}}</ref>

Dole graduated from [[Russell County USD 407|Russell High School]] in the spring of 1941<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usd407.org/rhs/Alumni/1941.htm|title=Hebron High School 1914 Alumni|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050530131659/http://www.usd407.org/rhs/Alumni/1941.htm|archive-date=May 30, 2005}}</ref> and enrolled at the [[University of Kansas]] the following fall. Dole had been a star high school athlete in Russell, and Kansas basketball coach [[Phog Allen]] traveled to Russell to recruit him to play for the [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Jayhawks basketball team]]. While at KU, Dole was on the basketball team, the track team, and the football team. In football, Dole played at the [[End (gridiron football)|end]] position. In 1942 he was a teammate of the founder and longtime owner of the Tennessee Titans [[Bud Adams]], Adams's only season playing football at Kansas.<ref>{{cite web|title=KU Football rosters 1940–1949|url=http://kuathletics.com/documents/2016/1/11//1940_49_Rosters.pdf?id=4066|website=KUAthletics.com|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406040506/http://kuathletics.com/documents/2016/1/11//1940_49_Rosters.pdf?id=4066|archive-date=April 6, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> While in college, Dole joined the [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity, and in 1970 he was bestowed with the Fraternity's "Man of the Year" honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kappasigma.org/man-of-the-year/|title=Man of the Year|website=Kappa Sigma Fraternity}}</ref> Dole's collegiate studies were interrupted by World War II, when he enlisted in the [[United States Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3332/text|title=Text – H.R.3332 – 115th Congress (2017–2018): Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Act|last=Lynn|first=Jenkins|date=July 20, 2017|website=congress.gov|language=en|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>

Dole attended the [[University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] from 1948 to 1949, before transferring to [[Washburn University]] in [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], where he graduated with both undergraduate and law degrees in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/12331|title=Dole, Robert Joseph |website= US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |language=en|access-date=July 10, 2018}}</ref>