Editing Dan Quayle (section)

==Early life, education, and career==
[[File:Dan Quayle in 1965 Modulus.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Quayle in [[Huntington North High School]]'s 1965 yearbook]]

Quayle was born in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], to Martha Corinne (née Pulliam) and [[James C. Quayle|James Cline Quayle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/dan-quayle-born-feb-4-1947-103039|title=Dan Quayle born, Feb. 4, 1947|work=Politico|access-date=September 19, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211554/https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/dan-quayle-born-feb-4-1947-103039|url-status=live}}</ref> He has sometimes<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-21-mn-1148-story.html|author=Meyer, Richard E.|title=Campaign Becomes Confrontation With Past : Privilege, Wealth Shaped Quayle|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 21, 1998|access-date=December 10, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221035017/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-21/news/mn-1148_1_dan-quayle|url-status=live}}</ref> been incorrectly referred to as ''James Danforth Quayle III''. In his memoir he points out that his birth name was simply James Danforth Quayle. The name Quayle originates from the [[Isle of Man]], where his great-grandfather was born.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/political/quayle.html |title=Ancestry of Dan Quayle (b. 1947) |publisher=Wargs.com |access-date=January 4, 2012 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828135806/http://www.wargs.com/political/quayle.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

His maternal grandfather, [[Eugene C. Pulliam]], was a wealthy and influential publishing magnate who founded Central Newspapers, Inc., and owned more than a dozen major newspapers, such as ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' and ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]''. James C. Quayle moved his family to [[Arizona]] in 1955 to run a branch of the family's publishing empire.

After spending much of his youth in Arizona,<ref name=bio>[http://www.vicepresidentdanquayle.com/biography.html Dan Quayle: Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235313/http://www.vicepresidentdanquayle.com/biography.html |date=December 6, 2018 }} Retrieved December 10, 2016.</ref> Quayle returned to his native Indiana and graduated from [[Huntington North High School]] in [[Huntington, Indiana|Huntington]] in 1965. He then matriculated at [[DePauw University]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in [[political science]] in 1969,<ref>{{cite news |first=Jill |last=Lawrence |title=Quayle on a quest to get the last laugh |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e193.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=August 4, 1999 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-date=March 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324040652/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e193.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> was the captain of the university golf team and a member of the fraternity [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] (Psi Phi chapter).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.depauw.edu/arts-and-culture/speakers/ubben-lecture-series/archives/details/dan-quayle-69/|title=Past Ubben Lectures: Dan Quayle '69|website=DePauw University|access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-date=June 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605091508/https://www.depauw.edu/arts-and-culture/speakers/ubben-lecture-series/archives/details/dan-quayle-69/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dke.org/virtual-museum/|title=Virtual Museum: Letters from Leaders|website=Delta Kappa Epsilon|date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=June 1, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303192403/https://dke.org/virtual-museum/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After graduation, Quayle joined the [[Indiana National Guard]] and served from 1969 to 1975, reaching the rank of [[Sergeant#United States|sergeant]]; his joining meant that he was not subject to the [[Conscription in the United States|draft]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=August 24, 1988|title=Quayle and Paula Parkinson|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-08-24-0060270264-story.html|access-date=December 7, 2020|website=www.orlandosentinel.com| publisher=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref> In 1970, while serving in the Guard, Quayle enrolled at [[Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law]]. He was admitted under a program for students who could demonstrate "special factors" as his grades did not meet the regular admission standards. In 1974, Quayle earned a [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) degree.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lauter |first1=Davie |last2=Jehl |first2=Douglas |title='Special Factors' Helped Quayle Law School Admission |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-10-mn-1522-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 10, 1988 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128021231/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-10-mn-1522-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/21/Father-says-Quayle-pretty-good-salesman/2261588139200/ |title=Father says Quayle 'pretty good salesman' |work=[[United Press International]] |date=August 21, 1988 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127185037/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/21/Father-says-Quayle-pretty-good-salesman/2261588139200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At Indiana University, he met his future wife, [[Marilyn Quayle|Marilyn]], who was taking night classes at the same law school at the time.<ref name="Time">Alessandra Stanley, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956763,00.html "Marilyn Quayle: A New Second Lady"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825010541/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956763,00.html |date=August 25, 2013 }}, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', January 23, 1989. Accessed September 28, 2014.</ref>

Quayle became an investigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the [[Indiana Attorney General]] in July 1971. Later that year, he became an administrative assistant to Governor [[Edgar Whitcomb]]. From 1973 to 1974, he was the Director of the Inheritance Tax Division of the Indiana Department of Revenue. After graduating from law school in 1974, Quayle worked as associate publisher of his family's newspaper, the ''[[Huntington Herald-Press]]''.