Kentucky 13
Miss. State 7
Great job, Wildcats!
Also sports related, Senator Birch Bayh recieved the Ford Award from the NCAA due to his work with getting the Title 9 legislation passed. I congratulate the Senator on this award.
The NCAA has named Birch Bayh, former United States Senator from Indiana and the "Father of Title IX," and John Wooden, legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach who won 10 national championships, co-recipients of the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award.[...]
"As we begin the celebration of the NCAA Centennial here in Indiana, it is only fitting to have two native Hoosiers who have made significant contributions to intercollegiate athletics and the goal toward equality for all people," Brand said. "Both Senator Bayh’s creation of Title IX and Coach Wooden’s unprecedented coaching accomplishments based on sound principles of scholarship and citizenship have positively impacted the college sports world."
Bayh, often called the "Father of Title IX" for his work with Title IX to the Higher Education Act, sponsored and co-authored the landmark 1972 legislation Title IX of the Educational Amendments. The legislation provides equal opportunity for men and women in all federally funded programs and activities including sports.
Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Bayh graduated from Purdue University in 1951, Indiana University School of Law in 1960 and received an honorary degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1995. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1954 to 1962. While in the House, he rose to the position of Speaker and in 1961 was admitted to the Indiana Bar. From 1962 to 1980, Bayh served as a U.S. Senator from Indiana. Bayh, the only lawmaker since the Founding Fathers to author two amendments to the U.S. Constitution, authored the 25th Amendment on presidential and vice presidential succession and the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years of age.
He also was co-author of the Bayh-Dole Act, which revitalized the nation’s patent system, and was chief architect of the Juvenile Justice Act, mandating the separation of juvenile offenders from adult prisoners. Bayh has also served as a member of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Among other leadership roles within the Senate, Bayh was chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1977 to 1980 and he served as chairman of the National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence from 1984 to 1994. He continues to practice law with the Washington, D.C., firm Venable LLP, and is often invited to speak about his landmark work with Title IX.
Bayh is the father of former Indiana Governor and current Indiana U.S. Senator Evan Bayh.
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