ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture from 1998 to 2001 and was appointed the first UN global ambassador on world hunger by the World Food Programme in 2001. As sole chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs from 1968 to 1977, McGovern publicized the problem of hunger within the United States and issued the "McGovern Report", which led to a new set of nutritional guidelines for Americans. surpluses to the needy abroad and was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Programme. As the first director of the Food for Peace program in 1961, McGovern oversaw the distribution of U.S. Though re-elected to the Senate in 19, McGovern was defeated in his bid for a fourth term in 1980.īeginning with his experiences in war-torn Italy and continuing throughout his career, McGovern was involved in issues related to agriculture, food, nutrition, and hunger. In the general election McGovern lost to incumbent Richard Nixon in one of the biggest landslides in U.S. McGovern's long-shot, grassroots-based 1972 presidential campaign found triumph in gaining the Democratic nomination but left the party split ideologically, and the failed vice-presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton undermined McGovern's credibility. The McGovern–Hatfield Amendment sought to end the Vietnam War by legislative means but was defeated in 19. The subsequent McGovern–Fraser Commission fundamentally altered the presidential nominating process, by increasing the number of caucuses and primaries and reducing the influence of party insiders. He staged a brief nomination run in the 1968 presidential election as a stand-in for the assassinated Robert F. He became most known for his outspoken opposition to the growing U.S. Senate in 1960, he was a successful candidate in 1962.Īs a senator, McGovern was an example of modern American liberalism. House of Representatives in 1956 and re-elected in 1958. After the war he earned degrees from Dakota Wesleyan University and Northwestern University, culminating in a PhD, and served as a history professor. Among the medals he received was a Distinguished Flying Cross for making a hazardous emergency landing of his damaged plane and saving his crew. As a B-24 Liberator pilot, he flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe from a base in Italy. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he became a renowned debater.
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