Ron Paul

He was born as one of the five sons of Howard Caspar Paul and his wife Margaret. His father owned a dairy company and young Ron helped him in running it.

He was an athletic youngster who attended Dormont High School. He graduated from Gettysburg College in 1957 with a B.S. degree in Biology.

He went to Duke University’s School of Medicine and earned a Doctor of Medicine in 1961. He completed his medical internship at the Henry Ford Hospital. He specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.

From 1963 to 1965 he served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force, and from 1965 to 1968 in the United States Air National Guard. After his army stint he set up a private practice in obstetrics and gynecology in Texas.

He became acquainted with the economists Hans Sennholz and Murray Rothbard who kindled in him a deep interest in economics; he would later on write books on economic theories.

He decided to enter politics in 1971 after the then President Richard Nixon ended American participation in the Bretton Woods System. He became a Republican candidate for the United States Congress.

In 1976, he won a special election to get a seat in the United States House of Representatives, 22nd district. He served three different stints in the Congress: from 1976 to 1977, from 1979 to 1985 and from 1997 to 2003.

He started writing seriously during the early 1980s. His book ‘Gold, Peace and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Currency’ was published in 1981 and was followed by ‘The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the U.S. Gold Commission’ the very next year.

A former politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, he relentlessly worked for sound monetary policies, tax reforms and free markets. He was a skilled physician who helped to deliver over 4,000 babies and had also served in the U.S. Air Force.