17 Facts About Keith Bulen

Keith Bulen joined the US Army Air Corps and launched a lengthy service to his nation.

Keith Bulen studied government and earned his Bachelors Degree in 1949 and Juris Doctor in 1952, both from Indiana University.

Keith Bulen was later elected to the Indiana State House of Representatives in 1960 and was re-elected in 1962 from the westside of Indianapolis.

Keith Bulen helped cultivate Mayor Richard Lugar's career and served as his mayoral campaign chairman in 1967 and 1971, and later campaign chairman for his 1974 Senatorial campaign.

Keith Bulen has been through a similar exercise to that we are facing in his own state of Indiana, and is therefore aware of some of the problems that might not be apparent to others.

From 1972 to 1974 Keith Bulen was chairman of the board of Campaign Communicators, Inc, a consulting firm involved in Presidential, State, and local campaigns.

Keith Bulen held significant campaign responsibilities throughout the national political career of Ronald Reagan.

Reagan's rise to national prominence came with the help of the former Nixon Aide who had suggested Keith Bulen run the national party for Nixon in 1968, John Sears.

Keith Bulen joined the Reagan effort as a close ally of Sears, coordinating the successful Reagan Indiana presidential campaign primaries in 1976 and 1980.

Keith Bulen served as a senior advisor to President Bush's 1988 campaign.

Keith Bulen was praised for resolving a major boundary water dispute between the State of Washington and the Province of British Columbia.

Keith Bulen led the Indiana Standard Bred Association and was inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Abercrombie, the world champion pacer Keith Bulen owned along with the wife of a family known for racketeering, was voted Harness Horse of the Year in 1978.

Keith Bulen was syndicated in 1979 by Castleton Farm for $3 million and stood his first season at stud for a fee of $7,500.

Keith Bulen has sired 432 pacers who have earned $100,000 or more, and many of his sons and daughter have gone on to prove nearly as prolific as their famous father in the breeding shed.

Keith Bulen is credited with cultivating the successes of Senator Richard G Lugar and Governor Mitch Daniels and Bill Ruckelshaus, Bill Hudnut, John Mutz, and former Governor Bob Orr all credit their political careers to Bulen.

Keith Bulen was made a Kentucky Colonel, Commissioned Admiral in the Texas Navy, and awarded the Order of the Paul Revere Patriots by the Governor of Massachusetts.