Member snapshot

Norman Ornstein

From M, fall 2003

Norman Ornstein

U of M Degree: B.A. '67, political science

Currently: Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C.; election analyst for CBS News; founder and director of the Campaign Finance Reform Working Group; author of several books on public policy and the Washington political scene; columnist for Roll Call; a member of the board of contributors at USA Today; at work on a continuity-of-government project to ensure functioning branches of government in the event of a terrorist attack on Washington.

"I could not have asked for a better undergraduate education, or for more personal attention from faculty, than I got at the University of Minnesota. I feel an identification with the University and continue to have ties to its faculty and staff. The alumni association is a way to express my ongoing ties and to keep up with my fellow alumni and with what is happening on campus."

UMAA Member since: 1988

"I could not have asked for a better undergraduate education, or for more personal attention from faculty, than I got at the University of Minnesota. I feel an identification with the University and continue to have ties to its faculty and staff. The alumni association is a way to express my ongoing ties and to keep up with my fellow alumni and with what is happening on campus."