RALPH NADER 1934 CONSUMER ACTIVIST AND LAWYER NADER RALPH 1934 REFORM MOVEMENTS HEALTH/SAFETY ELECTIONS AND POLITICS RALPH NADER WAS BORN IN WINSTEAD CONNECTICUT HE GRADUATED FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN 1955 AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL IN 1958 NADER WAS THEN HIRED AS A STAFF CONSULTANT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR IN 1965 HE PUBLISHED UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED A BOOK THAT ATTACKED THE SAFETY RECORDS OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY NADER FOUNDED MANY CONSUMER ACTION GROUPS SUCH AS THE CENTER FOR STUDY OF RESPONSIVE LAW CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY RESEARCH GROUP AND PUBLIC CITIZEN INC IN 1980 HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER NADER HAS CAMPAIGNED FOR CONSUMER RIGHTS AND PROTECTION HE MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL BID FOR THE U.S PRESIDENCY IN 1996
