Nader, Ralph, 1934-

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Ralph Nader (b. Feb. 27, 1934, Winsted, CT) graduated from Princeton University (1955) and received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1958). After law school he served in the U.S. Army as a cook. Starting in 1959, Nader began practicing as a lawyer in Hartford, CT, while lecturing at the University of Hartford. He was also a writer for the Christian Science Monitor and The Nation. In 1964, he relocated to Washington, DC to serve as a consultant to Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

In 1965 Nader published Unsafe at Any Speed and rose to popularity. He recruited law students dubbed "Nader's Raiders" in 1968 to evaluate the efficacy and operation of the Federal Trade Commission. He founded the watchdog group Public Citizen in 1971. In 1974 he founded the The Critical Mass Energy Project.

Nader ran for President in 1974 with the New Party and 1996 and 2000 for the Green Party.

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