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Gingrich received teaching post after
helping college official, letters show
House speaker offered job after
dean met with state department
about federal business contracts
WASHINGTON (AP) — It
started as a constituent’s re
quest for government help. But
it didn’t take long for Newt Gin
grich to turn a 1992 contact
with a Georgia college dean into
a teaching job.
Correspondence obtained by
The Associated Press sheds
light on the origins of Gingrich’s
nationally televised college
course, which is now the focus
of a complaint before the House
Ethics Committee.
The letters show Gingrich
received the offer to teach at
Kennesaw State College less
than three months after he got
the State Department to agree
to meet with the school’s busi
ness dean, who was pursuing
federal contracts for his pri
vate business.
Dean Timothy Mescon never
got the contracts he began seek
ing in fall 1992.
But by the following March,
Gingrich and Mescon had
arranged to co-teach the
course, “Renewing American
Civilization,” at Kennesaw.
Mescon is dean of the college’s
business school, where Gin
grich taught. The course is
carried on cable television.
Members of Congress assist
constituents all the time. And
with certain restrictions,
they’re free to pursue a wide va
riety of private interests while
in office.
Ethics watchdogs, however,
question Gingrich’s judgment in
doing both simultaneously with
a single individual.
“There’s a very real appear
ance of a conflict of interest be
cause you have two things that
may or may not be unrelated
going on at the same time,” said
Josh Goldstein, project director
for the Washington-based Cen
ter for Responsive Politics.
Allan Lipsett, a spokesman
for the new House speaker, de
fended the
contacts.
“Mescon is
a constituent
... and (Gin
grich) asked
the same kind
of question he
would ask for
any con
stituent,’’
Gingrich Lipsett said.
“There was no
quid pro quo about a course.”
Mescon did not return six
telephone calls placed to his of
fice last week.
A Feb. 2, 1993, letter from
Mescon to Gingrich’s legislative
assistant, J. Krister Holladay,
demonstrates the two hats Gin
grich wore before the course be
came reality.
In it, Mescon thanks Holla-
day for meeting with members
of his private business. He then
discusses prospects for Gin
grich’s college course.
“I did have the opportunity to
visit with Newt following the
Cobb Chamber breakfast and will
submit a proposal soon regarding
his teaching on campus in the fail
quarter,” Mescon wrote.
The dean then returned to the
issue of his private business.
“We had some terrific visits on
Friday and would appreciate any
assistance you might be able to
provide in assisting with our at
tempt to expand our many activi
ties both in Ghana and domesti
cally,” the letter states.
The correspondence shows
Gingrich initially was to be paid
$5,000, but he gave up the mon
ey. The Georgia Board of Re
gents prohibits elected officials
from being paid by state colleges.
The correspondence, ob
tained from a Democratic con
gressional source and under the
Freedom of Information Act,
shows Mescon first approached
Gingrich in September 1992.
His business. The Mescon
Group, sought contracts at the
State Department's Agency for
International Development.
Kemp bows out of race for ’96 GOP presidential bid
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Jack Kemp, the former con
gressman and housing secre
tary once viewed as the heir
to the Reagan revolution,
said Monday he would not
seek the 1996 Republican
presidential nomination.
Kemp’s decision was fur
ther evidence the eventual
GOP field would ultimately
total perhaps a half-dozen
serious prospects, even
though President Clinton is considered high
ly vulnerable.
A major reason: A frontloaded primary
calendar has raised the ante for running to
$20 million or perhaps more, forcing candi-
Kemp
dates to commit to the race extraordinarily
early. And Kemp, although he insisted oth
erwise, found many of his views at odds with
the agenda of the new Republican Congress.
“This creates a huge hole in the field,”
said Ralph Reed, executive director of Pat
Robertson’s Christian Coalition. “There is an
awful lot of money and an awful lot of grass
roots support that has been waiting to see
what Jack would do.”
The announcement cements Senate Ma
jority Leader Bob Dole as the early front
runner. And some Republicans suggested
Kemp’s decision would prove a boost to for
mer Vice President Dan Quayle.
“If Dan can overcome questions about
his electability, I think a good deal of Jack
’s support could gravitate his way,” said
California GOP activist Steve Merksamer,
a Kemp confidant.
But strategists for two other active candi
dates, Texas Sen. Phil Gramm and former
Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander, suggested
they would benefit. Gramm allies suggested
the senator’s economic views were closest to
Kemp’s; Alexander backers cast him as a “con
servative with a heart” in the Kemp mold.
Kemp said he likely would endorse a candi
date, but not immediately, and he would not
offer his views on those already campaigning.
Kemp announced his decision on a day that
brought another reminder of Clinton’s politi
cal troubles. In a radio interview. New Jersey
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might face a primary challenge if his standing
doesn’t improve over the next few months.
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DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 7, 1995
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 credit hours reflected on the
Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is
repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
30 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University. However, if
you did not successfully complete one semester at Texas A&M University prior to January 1,
1994, you must complete a minimum of 60 credit hours in residence. Should your degree be
conferred with less than 60 Texas A&M University resident credits, this requirement will be
waived after your degree is posted on the Student Infomation Management System.
3. You must have a 2^0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript
blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements:
If you are a May 1995 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a prior
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1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Infomation
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2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript
blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
If you will complete all of your degree requirements prior to February 3, 1995, you may
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