Editing Ron Paul (section)

== Early life, education, and medical career ==
Ronald Ernest Paul was born on August 20, 1935, in [[Pittsburgh]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Lisa |title=A seller of ideas |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1381838921.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=September 22, 2012 |date=November 13, 2007}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> the son of Howard Caspar Paul (1904–1997), who ran a small dairy company, and Margaret Paul (née Dumont; 1908–2001). His paternal grandfather emigrated from [[Germany]],<ref name="ny"/> and his paternal grandmother, a devout Christian, was a first-generation [[German Americans|German American]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/endfed00paul |url-access=registration |title=End the Fed |last=Paul |first=Ron |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |year=2009 |page=[https://archive.org/details/endfed00paul/page/27 27] |access-date=April 3, 2016 |isbn=978-0-446-56818-0}}</ref> Ron Paul has four brothers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief Look at Ron Paul's Family Tree Genealogy Families.com |url=https://www.families.com/a-brief-look-at-ron-pauls-family-tree |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.families.com}}</ref> As a junior at suburban [[Keystone Oaks High School|Dormont High School]], he was the [[200 metres|200-meter dash]] state champion.<ref name="PTR" /> Paul went to [[Gettysburg College]], where he was a member of the [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/12/03/143008554/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-ron-paul |title=5 Things You May Not Know About Ron Paul |author=Linton Weeks |publisher=NPR |date=December 4, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2016}}</ref> He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] degree in [[Biology]] in 1957.<ref name="PTR">{{cite news |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_513029.html |title=Presidential candidate Ron Paul drawing diverse crowds |last=Wereschagin |first=Mike |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |date=June 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005150543/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_513029.html |archive-date=October 5, 2008}}</ref>

Paul earned a [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree from [[Duke University]]'s [[Duke University School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] in 1961, and completed his medical [[Internship (medicine)|internship]] at the [[Henry Ford Hospital]] in [[Detroit]] and his residency in [[obstetrics and gynecology]] at [[Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC|Magee-Womens Hospital]] in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/us/politics/for-ron-paul-a-distinctive-worldview-of-long-standing.html |title=Ron Paul's Flinty Worldview Was Forged in Early Family Life |first=David M. |last=Halbfinger |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York |date=February 5, 2012 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206170737/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/us/politics/for-ron-paul-a-distinctive-worldview-of-long-standing.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="psul" /> Paul served as a [[flight surgeon]] in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1963 to 1965 and then in the [[United States Air National Guard]] from 1965 to 1968. Paul and his wife then relocated to [[Texas]], where he began a private practice in [[Obstetrics and gynaecology|obstetrics and gynecology]].<ref name="psul">{{cite web |url=http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Paul__Ronald.html |title=Ron Paul biography |work=Pennsylvania Center for the Book |publisher=Penn State University Libraries |first=Sean P. |last=Summer |year=2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012215805/http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Paul__Ronald.html |archive-date=October 12, 2011}}</ref> One child that he helped deliver was famous Tejano singer [[Selena Quintanilla]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/selena/the-doctor-who-delivered-a-baby-selena-was-17001553 |title=The doctor who delivered a baby Selena was presidential hopeful Ron Paul|first1=Joey|last1=Guerra|website=Houston Chronicle|date=31 March 2022}}</ref>