Retired political scientist Daniel M. Ogden, Jr., of Vancouver, Wash., recently was honored with the WSU Alumni Association (WSUAA) Alumni Achievement Award for a 50-year career of service to academia, the federal government, and the local community.
The award is the highest honor bestowed by the WSUAA. Since 1970, fewer than 515 alumni have received it.
Ogden was one of a select group in 1960 that managed four U.S. presidential campaign advances for Sen. Jack Kennedy, culminating in the final event in Philadelphia. The experience was co-authored by Ogden in the 1964 book, “Electing the President.” He taught at WSU after earning his bachelor’s degree here in political science in 1944.