Bob Babbage
| Bob Babbage | |
|---|---|
| 72nd Secretary of State of Kentucky | |
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In office January 1, 1992 – January 1, 1996 |
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| Governor |
Brereton Jones Paul Patton |
| Preceded by | Bremer Ehrler |
| Succeeded by | John Young Brown III |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 8, 1951 Lexington, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Eastern Kentucky University Lexington Theological Seminary University of Kentucky Harvard Business School |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Bob Babbage (born July 8, 1951) is an American public leader, business and civic entrepreneur. Babbage is the leading lobbyist of Babbage Cofounder, a firm specializing in government relations and innovative business strategies for public decisions. He was elected Kentucky State Auditor and Kentucky Secretary of State.
Babbage Cofounder represents clients and causes on a broad range of public decisions. The company's successes on the state level include landmark legislation in health care, especially diabetes and chronic health concerns, as well as issues relating to community colleges, manufacturing, energy, bourbon and distilled beverages, financial services, health insurance, technology and biotechnology, aviation, transportation and the Kentucky state budget.
On the federal level Babbage lobbied for the passage of the PNTR trade modernization with China and the $10.1 billion feature for agriculture in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Both successes have had local as well as global impact.
Babbage served as Kentucky State Auditor (1988-1992) and Kentucky Secretary of State (1992-1996).
Robert Alexander Babbage is the son of Robert and Judith Johnson Babbage and grandson of Kentucky Governor Keen Johnson (1939-1943). He has one brother, Dr. Keen J. Babbage, an educator, administrator and author of numerous books on innovative approaches to teaching and school management.
He is a native of Lexington, Kentucky and graduate of Henry Clay High School. As a student of public elementary and secondary schools in Lexington, Babbage was active in leadership roles in student council and various youth organizations.
After graduating from Eastern Kentucky University, where he was the student representative to the Board of Regents, Babbage was assistant to the mayor of Lexington, Kentucky (1975-1976) and administrative assistant to Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll (1976-1979). Shortly thereafter he launched a successful career in financial management and insurance.
From 1984 to 1986 he was assistant to University of Kentucky President Otis Singletary. While working for the university, he led the fund raising effort to establish the Gluck Equine Research Center, working as its foundation director with major worldwide figures in Kentucky's storied horse industry.
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